HC Deb 23 June 1977 vol 933 cc535-8W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many reports of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service have been published since its inception; and what have been their titles.

Mr. Harold Walker

The Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service has published 46 reports since its inception as follows:

Reports

  • No. 1 Panel of Investigation: Dispute Between British Leyland Cowley and AUEW and TGWU concerning Mechanical Rectifiers.
  • No. 2 Panel of Investigation Difficulties affecting London Docks.
  • No. 3 Court of Inquiry into a dispute between the National Union of Blastfurnacemen and the British Steel Corporation.
  • No. 4 Electricity Supply Industry. Report of an inquiry into the negotiating and representative arrangements for managerial and higher executive grades.
  • No. 5 Industrial Relations in the National Newspaper Industry (published by the Royal Commission on the Press); also on Industrial Relations Study of Newspaper in Europe.
    • 536
  • No. 6 Inquiry into the Future of the Road
    • Haulage Wages Council.
    • First Annual Report 1975.
    • Second Annual Report 1976.

Reports issued under Section 12(7) of The Employment Protection Act 1975:

  • No. 1 Lois Fabric Printing Company and the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers.
  • No. 2 RND Clothing Manufacturers and the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.
  • No. 3 Berk Pharmaceuticals Limited and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 4 John H. Hirst and Company Limited and the National Union of Journalists.
  • No. 5 Accurist Watches Limited and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 6 W. Ball (Woodworkers) Limited and the Furniture, Timber and Allied Trades Union.
  • No. 7 Telesure Limited and the Electrical, Electronic Telecommunication and Plumbing Union.
  • No. 8 Phoenix Timber Company Limited and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 9 Gulf Oil Refining Limited Milford Haven, and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers, the Electrical, Electronic, Telecommunication and Plumbing Union and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 10 H. Tempest (Cardiff) Limited and the General and Municipal Workers Union.
  • No. 11 Charles Frisher Limited and the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers.
  • No. 12 BBA Group Limited and the Association of Scienfiic, Technical and Managerial Staffs.
  • No. 13 Parkinson Cowan GWB Limited and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section).
  • No. 14 British Pregnancy Advisory Service and the National Union of Public Employees.
  • No. 15 Avis Rent a Car Limited, Glasgow Airport, and the Transport and General Workers Union.
  • No. 16 General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation Limited, the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs and the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff.
  • No. 17 Revlon International Corporation/Revlon Overseas Corporation CA, Maesteg and Port Talbot, and the Managerial, Administrative, Technical and Supervisory Association.
    • 537
  • No. 18 Plessac Holding Limited (KBL Engineering) and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section).
  • No. 19 Grunwick Processing Laboratories Limited, including Cooper and Pearson Limited and Cobbold Computer Centre Limited, and the Association of Professional, Executive, Clerical and Computer Staffs.
  • No. 20 Golden Wonder Limited and the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs (Transport and General Workers Union).
  • No. 21 W. S. Atkins and Partners, Middlesbrough, and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section).
  • No. 22 Buckstones Motor Bodies Limited, Milne Street, Shaw, Oldham, Lancashire, and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 23 The Kendall Company (UK) Ltd., Braunton N. Devon, and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 24 World Wide Coaches Limited, 145 Coldharbour Lane, London SE5, and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 25 A. J. Lees and Company Limited, Birmingham, and the National Society of Metal Mechanics.
  • No. 26 British Shoe Corporation Footwear Supplies Limited and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.
  • No. 27 National Employers Life Assurance Company Limited and the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.
  • No. 28 Yardley of London Limited, Basildon, Essex, and the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs.
  • No. 29 Chas Kendall (Turf Accountant) Limited, Barrow-in-Furness, and the National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
  • No. 30 James Robertson and Sons (Preserve Manufacturers) Limited, Bristol, and the Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs.
  • No. 31—John Bamber Engineering Limited, Hardwick Road Industrial Estate, King's Lynn, Norfolk, and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section).
  • No. 32 Coulter Electronics Limited, Harpenden, and the Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical, Administrative and Supervisory Section).
  • No. 33 H. Samuel Limited and the National Union of Gold, Silver and Allied Trades.
  • No. 34 Playboy Club of London Limited and the Transport and General Workers' Union (Association of Clerical, Technical and Supervisory Staffs Group).
  • No. 35 Halal Meat Company (Poultry Division) Rubery, Birmingham, and the National Union of Agricultural and Allied Workers.
    • 538
  • No. 36 Pembroke (C. & P.) Limited, Hoy-lake, The Wirral, Merseyside, and the Managerial, Administrative, Technical and Supervisory Association (MATSA).
  • No. 37 Moseley Group (PSV) Limited, Shepshed, Leicestershire and Moseley (Durham) Limited, Durham, and the Transport and General Workers' Union.
  • No. 38 Llyfrau Peters Limited, Porthcawl, and the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers.

Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) to whom the unpublished reports of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service are made available;

(2) why some reports of the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service are not published.

Mr. Harold Walker

ACAS reports made under statutory procedures are all published. ACAS also carries out voluntary inquiries at the request of parties involved; reports of these may be published, subject to the wishes of the parties, where they are likely to be of more general industrial relations interest. Where ACAS makes a report under voluntary arrangements it is made available to the parties concerned, whether or not it is subsequently published.