§ 38. Sir BERTRAM FALLEasked the First Lord of the Admiralty the number of industrial employés in His Majesty's Dockyard, Portsmouth, who belong to trade unions and the number who do not belong to trade unions; and whether, in order to secure uniformity in matters of representation, he will set up a separate committee for the benefit of non-trade unionists and thus secure for them an equal measure of representation with Whitley Councils?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the ADMIRALTY (Lieut.-Colonel Headlam)The information asked for in the first part of the question is not available; apart from Whitley Councils, all employés or groups of employés, whether trade unionist or non-trade unionist, have the right to make representations to the Departmental officers and if necessary to the Admiralty concerning any matter relating to the conditions of their employment. As far as I know, no request from men in Portsmouth Dockyard who do not belong to trade unions for a separate committee has been made.