National Minimum Wage (Hansard, 5 June 2003)

HC Deb 05 June 2003 vol 406 c529W 529W

§ 19. Dr. Starkey
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans her Department has to extend the National Minimum Wage to 16 and 17-year-olds. [116523]

§ Alan Johnson
The Government agreed in March that the Low Pay Commission should look at the possible advantages and disadvantages of a minimum wage rate for 16 to 17-year-olds. We will publish terms of reference for the Commission shortly. The Commission will report to the Government by the end of February 2004 and we will consider the position then.