§ Mr. Heathcoat Amoryasked the Postmaster-General whether he is aware that in some offices members of the National Association of Postal and Telegraph Officers represent 100 per cent. of the postal and telegraph staff; and why, in such cases, this Association is not recognised on a local basis as a representative body.
§ Mr. Wilfred PalingI am aware of the circumstances. The National Association of Postal and Telegraph Officers is not recognised centrally and I cannot agree to recognise it locally. An arrangement under which local recognition was, in certain circumstances, granted to an association of Post Office manipulative staff although it was not recognised centrally was abandoned some years ago because it worked very unsatisfactorily.