8. Statement by the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership: Fair Work: Annual progress update

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:02 pm on 29 March 2022.

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Photo of Mike Hedges Mike Hedges Labour 5:02, 29 March 2022

I welcome the statement by the Minister on devolved public services, and can I join with others in welcoming the living wage in social care? But, will the Minister commit to no exploitative contracts and everyone to be paid at least the real living wage in all devolved Welsh public services? Will the Welsh Government use its procurement powers to exclude from Welsh Government-funded contracts companies paying less than the real living wage, or using exploitative contracts? Finally, will the Minister join me in condemning fire and rehire, and will companies that use that be banned from Welsh Government-funded contracts? And listening to what people have said about low pay, if low pay was important for investment and growth, explain to me Palo Alto, explain to me New York, explain to me Mannheim, explain to me Cambridge. It's the high-paid areas that are the ones who are getting the investment, not the low-paid ones.