§ In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
- (a) The expression "lock-out" means the closing of a place of employment, or the suspension of work, or the refusal by an employer to
2087 continue to employ any number of persons employed by him in consequence of a dispute, done with a view to compelling those persons, or to aid another employer in compelling persons employed by him, to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment; - (b) the expression "strike" means the cessation of work by a body of persons employed acting in combination, or a concerted refusal or a refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons employed to continue to work for an employer in consequence of a dispute, done as a means of compelling their employer or any body of persons employed, or to aid other workmen in compelling their employer or any body of persons employed, to accept or not to accept terms or conditions of or affecting employment.
§ Mr. DUKEI beg to move in paragraph (b), after the word "body" ["as a means of compelling their employer or any body of persons"] to insert the words "or any." I understand the right hon. Gentleman thinks it would be better to introduce these words in each of these cases.
§ Amendment agreed to.
§ Further Amendment made: In paragraph, (b) after the word "any" ["any body of persons employed, to accept or not to accept"] to insert the words "persons or."—[Mr. Duke.]
§ Question, "That the Clause, as amended, stand part of the Bill," put, and agreed to.