HC Deb 17 December 1936 vol 318 cc2790-2

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Kirkburton Shelley and Shepley Gas Company, Limited, which was presented on the 18th day of November and published, be approved with the following addition:

After Clause 19, insert,— (As to compensation to employees of Kirkburton and Shelley Companies.) The terms and conditions relating to compensation payable to gasworkers for loss of employment (on the amalgamation of gas undertakings) recommended by the National Joint Industrial Council for the Gas Industry shall apply as between the Company and the gasworkers employed by the Kirkburton and Shelley Companies.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Bognor Gas and Electricity Company, which was presented on the 27th day of November and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Burgess Hill and St. John's Common Gas Company, which was presented on the 27th day of November and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Taunton Gas Light and Coke Company, which was presented on the 30th day of November and published, be approved, with the following addition:—

After Clause 19 insert: (As to compensation to employees of Milverton Company.) The terms and conditions relating to compensation payable to gasworkers for loss of employment (on the amalgamation of gas undertakings) recommended by the National Joint Industrial Council for the Gas Industry shall apply as between the company and the gasworkers employed by the Milverton Company.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Bath Gas Company, which was presented on the 1st day of December and published, be approved.

Resolved, That the draft of a Special Order proposed to be made by the Board of Trade under the Gas Undertakings Acts, 1920 to 1934, on the application of the Southampton Gas Light and Coke Company, which was presented on the 1st day of December and published, be approved."—[Dr. Burgin.]

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