HC Deb 10 June 1997 vol 295 c400W
Mr. Tom King

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what research has been commissioned and what estimates have been made by his Department and what information presented to him, regarding the costs per annum to the FCO budget of the introduction of a minimum wage at(a) £3.50 an hour, (b) £4 an hour and (c) £4.40 an hour; and if he will make a statement. [2115]

Mr. Tony Lloyd

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade on 9 June,Official Report, column 310.