Shadow Science Secretary Peter Kyle has said industrial action will only be solved by negotiation not legislation - such as the 2023 Minimum Service Levels Act - adding the government should "learn the basics of its job". Report by Alibhaiz. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00 We are in a situation where government keeps introducing legislation that we say won't work and it doesn't work.
00:05 On the Rwanda bill, on the Minimum Services bill, these are pieces of legislation that cause a row in the House of Commons,
00:12 have a bust up out there with the public, but do not solve the problems.
00:16 What we need to get back to is a government that has the capacity to negotiate, to do statecraft, to do the basics of running a government.
00:24 The problems with industrial action will only be solved by negotiation. Where there has been solutions, such as with the nurses,
00:31 it was solved through negotiation, not legislation.
00:34 So the only way forward is to get into the room, both parties come together, have everything on the table, and then negotiate a way forward.
00:41 It's always the way that happens, and for as long as government wastes the time of the House of Commons
00:46 by introducing legislation that can and will not succeed and do the job,
00:50 you can't legislate your way out of industrial challenges like this, you can only negotiate.
00:55 It's about time government and ministers started to learn the basics of doing their job.