HC Deb 10 June 1997 vol 295 cc413-4W
Mr. Tom King

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions 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 Department of Transport 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. [2125]

Ms Glenda Jackson

I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to him in theOfficial Report, Monday 9 June, column 310, by my right hon. Friend the President of the Board of Trade.