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Industrial Action

Debate between Lord Maude of Horsham and Chris Kelly
Wednesday 30th November 2011

(13 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Maude of Horsham Portrait Mr Maude
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It is the responsibility of all the devolved Administrations to make their own arrangements and conduct their own industrial relations. We conduct our own approach to industrial relations, which involves very intensive discussions with the trade unions that are continuing on an almost daily basis.

Chris Kelly Portrait Chris Kelly (Dudley South) (Con)
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Further to the answer that my right hon. Friend gave the hon. Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Richard Burden), does he agree that it is disingenuous of militant trade union leaders to claim that there have been no recent negotiations when he has explicitly confirmed in his most illuminating statement that talks continued until only yesterday?