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Wages Councils;amdt. Line 1:

EDM number 1269A1 in 1989-90, proposed by Teresa Gorman on 18/07/1990.

Leave out from 'House' to end and add, 'believes that wages councils are one of the biggest obstacles to job creation and enterprise erected by the socialist state; notes the importance of differential wage rates in the functioning of a market economy; confirms that de-regulated capitalism is the best way to achieve ever higher standards of living; notes that all socialist measures to rig markets, like incomes policies, fail; notes that Labour's minimum wages policy would destroy an estimated three-quarters of a million jobs; and urges Her Majesty's Government to sweep away wages councils as soon as possible.'.

This is a ammendment to 1269.

This motion has been signed by a total of 5 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Teresa Gorman18/07/1990BillericayProposed
Bob Dunn19/07/1990DartfordSigned
Teddy Taylor23/07/1990Southend EastSigned
James Pawsey18/10/1990Rugby & KenilworthSigned
Neil HamiltonUnknownWithdrawn

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