§ Mr. Neil Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Employment in how many cases since the passing of the Employment Act 1980 an individual has succeeded in establishing that he was unfairly dismissed from his employment in circumstances where he objected to being a member of a trade union on grounds on conscience or deeply held personal conviction.
§ Mr. GummerOne such case has been decided by an industrial tribunal. In addition, a number of persons dismissed from closed shops between 1974 and 1980 have received compensation under the scheme introduced by section 2 of the Employment Act 1982 having established that they objected on grounds of conscience or deeply-held personal conviction to being a member of a trade union.