Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:45 pm on 7 March 2017.
Leanne Wood
Plaid Cymru
1:45,
7 March 2017
Diolch, Lywydd. First Minister, on 16 January, you introduced the trade union (Wales) Bill. The intention of that Bill is to disapply aspects of the UK Government’s Trade Union Act 2016. Plaid Cymru supports this—we believe that industrial relations should be decided upon here and not in Westminster. Your trade union Bill will be in competence under the Assembly’s current powers. Do you believe that it will be in competence under the reserved-powers model that we are moving to under the new Wales Act?
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