Gareth Bacon

Gareth Bacon

Conservative — Orpington

Speaking in the House of Commons on 27 March 2025

Debate

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When the Government handed the ASLEF trade union an eye-watering £9 billion pay agreement in the summer, they promised that it would “protect passengers from further national strikes”. Yet recently the Secretary of State said on national television that “there will be occasions on which strikes will be necessary”. Will she provide the House with an example of a necessary strike?

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