Nadhim Zahawi corrected the Commons record on Inequality and Social Mobility

17 June 2019 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections · Education

The words were spoken in the Commons on 12 June 2019. The correction was made by letter from the Under-Secretary of State for Education, the hon. Member for Stratford-on-Avon (Nadhim Zahawi), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 17 June 2019. The figure 665,000 in the original became 667,000 in the correction, higher by 2,000. Altogether 16 words differ between the two versions.

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Making progress means building a strong economy, achieving record levels of employment and reforming the welfare system so that it supports people into work. Now, ~~665,000~~ fewer children grow up in workless households, the support of an income making them less likely to grow up in poverty. ~~The~~ UK’s national living wage is growing faster than similar or higher minimum wages in other OECD countries, such as ~~Belgium, France~~ or ~~Germany.~~	Making progress means building a strong economy, achieving record levels of employment and reforming the welfare system so that it supports people into work. Now, 667,000 fewer children grow up in workless households, the support of an income making them less likely to grow up in poverty. As a proportion of median earnings, the UK’s national living wage is growing faster than similar or higher minimum wages in other OECD countries, such as Belgium or Germany .

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Making progress means building a strong economy, achieving record levels of employment and reforming the welfare system so that it supports people into work. Now, ~~665,000~~ fewer children grow up in workless households, the support of an income making them less likely to grow up in poverty. ~~The~~ UK’s national living wage is growing faster than similar or higher minimum wages in other OECD countries, such as ~~Belgium, France~~ or ~~Germany.~~

Making progress means building a strong economy, achieving record levels of employment and reforming the welfare system so that it supports people into work. Now, 667,000 fewer children grow up in workless households, the support of an income making them less likely to grow up in poverty. As a proportion of median earnings, the UK’s national living wage is growing faster than similar or higher minimum wages in other OECD countries, such as Belgium or Germany .

The correction in Hansard.

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