Policy #6902: "Higher wages for workers"

This is the votes by vote definition of Public Whip policy #6902: "Higher wages for workers". You may want to read an introduction to policies, or read more about Public Whip.

Someone who believes that there should be minimum wage, and it should be higher, employees should be paid a living wage, and generally wages should be higher would have voted like this...

House	Date	Subject	Policy vote
Commons	17 Jun 2011	Employment Opportunities Bill — Second Reading — Removal of Restrictions on Foreign Nationals Working — Allow Opt-Out from Minimum Wage	Majority (strong)
Commons	25 Oct 2011	Public Bodies Bill — Schedule 1 — Power to Abolish Agricultural Wages Board	minority
Commons	15 Jan 2014	Opposition Day — Banking — National Minimum Wage	minority (strong)
Commons	5 Feb 2014	Opposition Day — Employment Rights — Strategy for Creating Higher Skilled Better Paid Jobs	abstain
Commons	11 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — Raising National Minimum Wage Faster than Average Earnings	minority (strong)
Commons	12 Jun 2014	Queen's Speech — The Economy and Living Standards	minority (strong)
Commons	15 Oct 2014	Opposition Day — National Minimum Wage	minority (strong)
Commons	19 Nov 2014	Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill — Clause 144 — Report on National Minimum Wage — Enforcement	abstain
Commons	26 Nov 2014	Opposition Day — The Economy — Minimum Wage — Childcare — Business Rates — Infrastructure — Building New Homes	minority (strong)
Commons	17 Dec 2014	Opposition Day — Measures to Reduce Dependency on Food Banks	minority (strong)
Commons	14 Jul 2015	Summer Budget 2015	Majority (strong)
Commons	22 Mar 2016	March 2016 Budget	Majority (strong)
Commons	29 Jun 2017	Queen's Speech — Energy Prices — Europe — Tuition Fees — Public Sector Pay — Minimum Wage — Student Grants	minority (strong)
Commons	29 Jun 2017	Queen's Speech — Programme of Legislation	abstain
Commons	20 Jan 2020	Queen's Speech — Programme for Government — Economy and Jobs	minority (strong)
Commons	19 Apr 2021	Finance (No. 2) Bill — Clause 9 — Taxation — Living Wage — Unions — Large Digital Services Companies	minority (strong)
Commons	24 Jan 2022	Cost of Living Increases — Income — Poverty — Universal Credit — Energy Payment — Child Payments	Majority (strong)

Policy #6902: "Higher wages for workers"

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