Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:21 pm on 1 May 2019.
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to point out that our motion today made that commitment to move towards that social partnership Act. There's something very strangely tribal in the fact that you remove our commitment to asking for a social partnership Act and then put it in yourselves. Why not just support what the trade union movement was saying through our motion today that they wanted us to push?
The result is the same—the result is the same, of course. We wanted it, and we will hold the Government to account to make sure that you deliver it. But, people watching from outside will make their own judgement about what on earth is going on in removing our motion and replacing it with your own.
Tribal politics aside, let's all commit to making Wales a fair work nation. Indeed, in response to Alun Davies from a sedentary position, this is serious politics, and serious politics is about working collegiately, where it's possible. In working together with our—and your—friends in the trade union movement, we had a motion today that asked this Government to take action that the trade union movement in Wales wants to see being taken. That's mature politics. But let's make Wales a fair work nation.