Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:38 pm on 7 March 2023.
Thank you, Llywydd. Having them represented on an advisory council consequently creates two significant problems. Firstly, it either produces an echo chamber for the First Minister and Government Ministers, to only hear the things that they want to hear, or, secondly, it becomes an advisory council where, if the Government does not take trade union advice, the Government can be threatened with the removal of its political funding, and trade unions are more than willing to use this mechanism.