Part of 3. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 3:19 pm on 24 January 2018.
Before I took this post—the reason for taking this post was because I am really very keen on driving forward equal opportunity in work, whether that's through pay or any other means. I have not actually received any reports that say that we are not paying the living wage. So, if you have a particular case that you want to bring to my attention, I will welcome that. What I have done—and we've been working towards it—is arrange meetings with people who are both directly employed and who are agency or contractually employed staff so that I can meet and discuss with them personally, or their representatives, their terms and conditions, because I think that, as politicians, it is really, really important that we demonstrate real commitment towards those who we employ, especially when we're in receipt of awards and we're trying to set ourselves up as exemplars.