ESTABLISHMENT OF A FAIR EMPLOYMENT COMMISSION

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That this House welcomes the pledge given by the Prime Minister in September 2004 that a third term Labour government would increase the statutory minimum paid holiday entitlement from the current four weeks per year, which can include bank holidays, to four weeks plus bank holidays; and believes that in order to ensure that workers benefit from the Government's strategy for the enhancement of statutory workplace rights, such as paid holiday, the more accessible and pro-active compliance regime associated with the National Minimum Wage, commonly regarded as a huge success, should now be extended to some of these rights, through the establishment of a Fair Employment Commission.