Is my right hon. Friend aware that the Labour Government in Wales were given more than £1 billion for personal protective equipment and test, track and trace, and spent only £500 million? If we had had that level of savings, instead of having Tory crony donors putting their hand in the till, it would have aggregated up to a saving of £11 billion, as against a total pay cost to the NHS of £56 billion? In other words, we are talking about 20% of the annual pay for all nurses and all health workers. So does she not agree that if we had a Labour Government, we would have more money to provide decent wages for those in our health service?
Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 January 2023.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill.
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