§ 36. Mr. Brockwayasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will make a statement regarding the extension of the railway strike from Southern Rhodesia to Northern Rhodesia.
§ Mr. LytteltonA strike of railway firemen, which began in Southern Rhodesia on 4th June, spread to Northern Rhodesia on 5th June; all strikers returned to work on 10th June. The strike appears to have been the result of dissatisfaction with an award of an arbitration tribunal in the dispute between the unions concerned and the Rhodesia railways.
§ Mr. BrockwayWhile thanking the right hon. Gentleman for that statement, may I ask him whether the law applies in Northern Rhodesia as well as in Southern Rhodesia that strikes on the railways are illegal?
§ Mr. LytteltonI think the hon. Gentleman should put that question on the Order Paper.