HC Deb 04 August 1971 vol 822 c322W
59. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what steps he is taking to conciliate in the dispute between professional engineers and scientists and C. A. Parsons and Company Limited, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and associated companies, who are threatened with dismissal because they have refused to join a particular union.

Mr. Bryan

My officers have discussed the problem with the company and the United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers but it has not been possible to find a solution acceptable to both parties.