Part of 3. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 3:18 pm on 24 January 2018.
Well, thank you for that answer, and I very much welcome the work that has been done in terms of directly employed employees and the payment of the living wage—the real living wage—but there is still considerable concern with regard to those who are indirectly employed, because it is very clear that there are those who are not paid the real living wage. I wonder if it would be possible to have perhaps a statement circulated giving us information about precisely how many people there are that are on these indirect contracts that are not being paid the real living wage, and what the timescale might be for the actual achievement and the assurance that that situation changes. Because it is a matter of considerable concern. We are here promoting the real living wage; we are putting ourselves forward as exemplars. I know the Assembly doesn't employ, but we have direct accountability for the Assembly Commission, and it seems to me that we haven't quite yet achieved the laudable objective that we have set that everyone who is employed directly or indirectly should be paid the real living wage.