§ 91. Mr. BUCHANANasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that a dispute has now been in progress for 21 weeks in Inverness between certain building trade unions and the local building trade employers owing to the latter refusing to recognise the national agreement arrived at both by employés and employers under the Scottish National Joint Council for the building trades, and that this is having serious effects on the provision of housing; and whether he proposes to take action to bring the parties together and to recognise trade union agreements?
§ The MINISTER of LABOUR (Mr. Ernest Brown)Officers of my Department have been in touch with the parties to this dispute, and efforts to bring about a settlement are being renewed this week.