§ Mr. Gallacherasked the Minister of Labour whether his attention has been drawn to the hold up of production in an important London factory arising out of the arbitrary dismissal of shop stewards; and whether he is taking any action to sort out the difficulties that have arisen?
§ Mr. BevinIf I have correctly identified the case to which the hon. Members refers, there was no arbitrary dismissal of shop stewards. At the request of my Department it was proposed to transfer a small number of workpeople, including two shop stewards from the factory concerned to other extremely urgent and important work. The answer to the latter part of the question is "Yes."