7. Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Living Wage

Part of the debate – in the Senedd on 12 December 2018.

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Motion NDM6860 Jane Hutt

Supported by David Rees, Dawn Bowden, Hefin David, Helen Mary Jones, Jayne Bryant, Jenny Rathbone, John Griffiths, Julie Morgan, Mark Isherwood, Mick Antoniw, Mike Hedges, Rhianon Passmore, Rhun ap Iorwerth, Vikki Howells

To propose that the National Assembly for Wales

1. Notes the report by Cardiff Business School, 'The Living Wage Employer Experience'.

2. Welcomes the action taken by 174 employers across the public, private and third sectors in Wales to pay their employees the real living wage.

3. Calls on the Welsh Government to:

a) identify measures to support more employers in the public, private and third sectors to adopt the real living wage and become accredited real living wage employers; and

b) consider strengthening the Code of Practice on Ethical Employment in Supply Chains in relation to the real living wage.