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  Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill - Clause 144 - Report on National Minimum Wage - Enforcement
  
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  MPs were considering the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill[1]. The motion rejected by the majority of MPs taking part in this vote was:
  
  :That the amendment be made.
  
  The rejected amendment in question:
  
  :Amendment 8, page 134, line 4, at end insertâ
  
  :â(6A) The Secretary of State shall provide an annual report to Parliament on the effectiveness ofâ
  
  :(a) enforcement of the national minimum wage;
  
  :(b) the level of the financial penalty for underpayment, including but not limited to its impact on compliance; and
  
  :(c) changes in provisions relating to the national minimum wage improving other measures of pay in the labour market.â
  
  Had it not been rejected the above text would have been added to the end of Clause 144 of the Bill, titled ''Amount of financial penalty for underpayment of national minimum wage''
  
  so that the maximum penalty will be determined by the amount owed to each worker as stated in the NOU and the limit on the penalty will be on the extent to which the amount owed to each individual worker can be taken into account.
  
  
  
  
  * [1] [http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2014-15/smallbusinessenterpriseandemployment.html Parliament's webpage on the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill] 
  
  
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