Lawful Industrial Action (Minor Errors) Bill

Debate between Karl Turner and Charlie Elphicke

Friday 22nd October 2010 Commons Chamber

[Charlie Elphicke (Dover) (Con)]

Does my hon. Friend think that now is the time to be passing legislation to make it easier to strike, when we need to pull ourselves out of this massive recession the country has had to face, thanks to the shambolic economic policies of the Labour Government? At another time in the future, when the country is perhaps doing better—

[Karl Turner (Kingston upon Hull East) (Lab)]

Absolute nonsense.

[Charlie Elphicke]

It is not nonsense; it is accurate. It was Labour Members who caused the recession and now they are trying to make it easier to strike. That is not a fiscally responsible thing to do.