division_name: G7 &#8212; Jobs and Work
motion: <p class="" pid="b.570.4/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, at the end of the Question to add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.570.4/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;but regret that the measures in the Gracious Speech fail to ensure that those who put in a hard day&#8217;s 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.&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.657.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.657.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.657.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 247, Noes 306.</p>