Orders of the Day — Clause 1 — Amount to be specified as upper earnings limit: Great Britain — 31 Jan 2008 at 15:30

I beg to move amendment No. 8, page 1, line 5, at end insert 'and

(c) in subsection (6), at end insert "and may not include any increase in the upper earnings limit in excess of the increase in the retail price index, in percentage terms, for the year to September of the preceding tax year."'.

The House having divided: Ayes 148, Noes 260.

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