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Originally Posted by BERNADETTE
Of course it wasn't you were asking if the proposal should be discussed at local level. As we live in an area where a lot of jobs are shall we say "low pay" then I think it should be discussed by our council. The fact that it has been shelved for the moment means nothing if it is going to be a proposal at some later date.
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It was precisely, because we live in a ''low pay'' that the Labour Group brought this motion to tonight's council meeting. Clare Pritchard and myself had spoken about the Employment Opportunities Bill several times since we both became aware of it, at the begining of May. We had both signed the petition against the bill (which was originally scheduled to have its 2nd reading - on May 15th). The 2nd reading is now scheduled for 12 June.
Andrew maybe you can answer me as to why, you think, if David Cameron does not support the bill, he allowed Christopher Chope to present this bill to parliament in February. Did he just hope that no one would take any notice of it and it would become law?
Maybe it is a case of Tory arrogance not taking into account public opinion.
This is a link to the a Daily Mirror article on the interview
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21363243/
The Sunday Mirror has run an article on the MPs supporting the Minimum Wage Opt-out Bill employing their wives while supporting a Bill that condemns 'magic circle' jobs.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-sto...5875-21346677/
Which appears to smack of 'do as I say not do as I do'