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Lord King of Bridgwater Excerpts

Monday 18th April 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Prior of Brampton]

The noble Baroness will know that ACAS was involved earlier on in the negotiations, and it was under the auspices of ACAS that Sir David Dalton did his negotiations. I just repeat what I said before: theoretically you can go on with these negotiations in perpetuity. There was a huge desire on the part of the Government to settle this dispute and, as I said, we deeply regret that we were unable to do so.

[Lord King of Bridgwater (Con)]

My Lords, the Statement referred to Sir David Dalton—

[Lord Gardiner of Kimble (Con)]

My Lords, I apologise to my noble friend but we have now gone beyond the 10 minutes allowed for questions.