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  Queen's Speech - Raising National Minimum Wage Faster than Average Earnings
  
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  @ MP voted aye to raise the National Minimum Wage faster than average earnings.
  @ MP voted no against raising the National Minimum Wage faster than average earnings.
  
  The majority of MPs voted against raising the National Minimum Wage faster than average earnings.
  
  MPs were considering sending a message of thanks to the monarch for attending Parliament to read out the Government's legislative programme. 
  
  The proposed text of the message was:
  
  :Most Gracious Sovereign,
  
  :We, Your Majestyâs most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament.
  
  The addition of the following text was rejected in this vote:
  
  :but 
  :''regret'' that the measures in the Gracious Speech fail to ensure that those who put in a hard dayâs work get a decent reward for doing so, or cut the costs to the social security system resulting from the current record 5.2 million workers on low pay and the rising tide of insecurity at work; and 
  :''call on your Government'' to bring forward measures setting the Low Pay Commission a five year target to raise the National Minimum Wage faster than average earnings while retaining the capacity to take account of shocks to the economy.â.
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