HC Deb 11 July 1946 vol 425 c575
50. Mr. W. J. Brown

asked the Minister of Labour what steps he proposes to take to enable the 12 tramwaymen, of whom he has been informed and who are at present drawing pay from the L.P.T.B. but are not allowed to work on the ground that they are members of one union and not of another, to resume work.

The Minister of Labour (Mr. Isaacs)

I would refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to him on this subject on 18th June last and to which I have nothing to add.

Mr. Brown

Is the Minister aware that a reference to an earlier unsatisfactory reply does not make the present reply at all satisfactory? Are all the resources of the Government inadequate to relieve us of this revolting and ridiculous situation?

Mr. Isaacs

If it is a revolting and ridiculous situation, there are some Members who are responsible for it and who could ease it themselves if they so wished.