§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry (Lord Sainsbury of Turville)My honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (Gerry Sutcliffe) has made the following Statement.
I am pleased to announce that the Government submitted their evidence to the Low Pay Commission today. The commission will take this and all the other evidence received into account when preparing its next report, which will be submitted to the Government by the end of February 2005. Copies of the Government's evidence have been placed in the Libraries of both Houses and on the Department of Trade and Industry website (www.dti.gov.uk.)