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§ The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Power (Mr. Reginald Freeson)I beg to move Amendment No. 94, in page 25, line 32, at the end to insert:
'() The Minister shall not make regulations under the said section 40 of the said section 41 except after consultation with the Corporation and such organisations as appear to him to be representative of persons concerned'.This is a simple Amendment which would require the Minister to consult the Corporation and the trade unions before making pensions regulations under Section 40 of the 1949 Act, as revived, or regulations under Section 41 for the payment of compensation to employees of the Board or a publicly-owned company who suffer loss as a result of nationalisation, the dissolution of the Board or the reorganisation of the industry in accordance with a report submitted by the Corporation under Clause 4 and under directions given by the Minister under Clause 5. It follows an Amendment which was pursued by my hon. Friend the Member for Poplar (Mr. Mikardo) in Committee. In speaking on that Amendment, the Minister said that he would consider taking the matter further on Report, and this Amendment is in pursuit of that undertaking.
§ Amendment agreed to.