§ Mr. Skinnardasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what are the terms of the Bill recently introduced to amend the trade union law of the Leeward Islands; and what reply has been sent to the representations of the Caribbean Labour Congress that the Bill should be withheld.
§ Mr. Rees-WilliamsA Trade Union (Amendment) Bill has recently been published in the Leeward Islands but has not yet been introduced into the General Legislative Council. I am sending my hon. Friend a copy of the Bill. Representations which have reached my right hon. Friend from the Caribbean Labour Congress regarding certain provisions of the Bill are now under consideration and I shall be glad to inform my hon. Friend of the eventual outcome.