§ Q1. Miss Lestorasked the Prime Minister if he will now pay an official visit to Slough.
§ The Prime Minister (Mr. Edward Heath)I have at present no plans to do so.
§ Miss LestorAlthough I would not normally press the Prime Minister to fulfil such an engagement, I draw to his attention that a recent resolution passed by the Eton and Slough Constituency Labour Party calling the Industrial Relations Court a puppet court has produced conflicting opinions among legal advisers, including the Attorney-General, on whether it constitutes contempt of the court. Since the Prime Minister is responsible for the Industrial Relations Act, will he consider coming to Slough to conciliate and arbitrate between the various opinions expressed by the lawyers, who seem to find the Act just as confusing as do shop stewards and ordinary men and women in the street?
§ The Prime MinisterParliament is responsible for the Act and the courts are responsible for interpreting it.