National Minimum Wage And Young Workers

EDM number 329 in 2007-08, proposed by Katy Clark on 20/11/2007.
Categorised under the topics of Employment, Incomes and poverty and Pay.

That this House welcomes the rise in the national minimum wage in October 2007 to £5.52 an hour; notes however that the rate for 18 to 21 year olds is £4.60 an hour and the rate for 16 to 17 year olds is £3.40 an hour; notes that this means that young workers are paid 17 per cent. and 38 per cent. less respectively than the full adult national minimum wage whilst in many cases doing the same work; believes that some employers are using the different wage rates as an opportunity to use young workers as low-wage labour; congratulates UNITE (TGWU) on the lobby of Parliament organised by their young members on 31st October; believes that the Government should ensure full compliance by employers with the national minimum wage; and further calls on the Government to take steps to remove the age discrimination in the national minimum wage and establish one rate for all workers irrespective of age.

This motion has been signed by a total of 111 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Katy Clark	20/11/2007	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Proposed
Ian Stewart	20/11/2007	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Linda Gilroy	20/11/2007	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Seconded
Jim Sheridan	20/11/2007	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Seconded
Gavin Strang	20/11/2007	Edinburgh East	Labour	Seconded
Brian H Donohoe	20/11/2007	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Seconded
Ian Gibson	20/11/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	20/11/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/11/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	20/11/2007	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/11/2007	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	20/11/2007	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	20/11/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/11/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	20/11/2007	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	20/11/2007	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	20/11/2007	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	20/11/2007	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	20/11/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Linda Riordan	20/11/2007	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/11/2007	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	20/11/2007	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	20/11/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	20/11/2007	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	20/11/2007	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/11/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	20/11/2007	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/11/2007	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	20/11/2007	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	20/11/2007	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/11/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	20/11/2007	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	20/11/2007	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	20/11/2007	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	20/11/2007	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	20/11/2007	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/11/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/11/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/11/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/11/2007	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Desmond Turner	21/11/2007	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/11/2007	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/11/2007	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/11/2007	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	21/11/2007	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	21/11/2007	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/11/2007	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	21/11/2007	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/11/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	21/11/2007	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	22/11/2007	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Anderson	22/11/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Battle	22/11/2007	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	22/11/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/11/2007	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	22/11/2007	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	22/11/2007	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	22/11/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	22/11/2007	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	22/11/2007	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	26/11/2007	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	26/11/2007	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	26/11/2007	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	26/11/2007	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	26/11/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	26/11/2007	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	27/11/2007	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	27/11/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Vaz	27/11/2007	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	27/11/2007	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/11/2007	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/11/2007	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	27/11/2007	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	27/11/2007	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/11/2007	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/11/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/11/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alex Salmond	29/11/2007	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jim Cousins	29/11/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/12/2007	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	04/12/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	05/12/2007	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	05/12/2007	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	06/12/2007	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	10/12/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	11/12/2007	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	12/12/2007	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	12/12/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	13/12/2007	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	18/12/2007	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	07/01/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	08/01/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	10/01/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	17/01/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	21/01/2008	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	21/01/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	06/02/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joe Benton	19/02/2008	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	26/03/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	27/03/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Connarty	02/04/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	01/07/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	15/07/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/10/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	06/10/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	16/10/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Dawn Butler	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn
Paul Murphy	Unknown			Withdrawn
John MacDougall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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