HC Deb 23 March 1989 vol 149 cc797-801W
Mr. Meacher

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list all(a) employer organisations and (b) other organisations which in response to the Government's consultative document issued on 5 December 1988 have indicated (i) that they oppose the abolition of the wages councils, and (ii) that they favour this action.

Mr. Cope

It is not this Department's practice to reveal the content of submissions made by individual organisations. With that exception the information requested is as follows:

ORGANISATIONS RESPONDING TO CONSULTATION DOCUMENT ON WAGES COUNCILS

(a) Employer Organisations

  • Association of British Chambers of Commerce
  • The Association of British Laundry, Cleaning and Rental Services Ltd.
  • Association of Conservative Clubs Ltd.
  • Association of Independent Businesses
  • The Booksellers Association
  • The Brewers Society
  • The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions
  • British Association of Professional Hairdressing Employers
  • British Clothing Industries Association
  • British Hat Guild
  • British Headwear Industries Federation
  • The British Hotels Restaurants and Caterers Association
  • British Independent Grocers Association
  • British Lace Federation
  • British Office Systems and Stationery Federation
  • British Retailers Association
  • The British Scrap Federation
  • The British Secondary Metals Association
  • British Soft Drinks Association Ltd.
  • British Textile Employers' Association
  • British Toy and Hobby Manufacturers Association
  • The British Waste Paper Association
  • The Cinematograph Exhibitors' Association
  • Clothing Manufacturers Federation
  • Confederation of British Industry
  • Co-operative Laundries Society Limited
  • Co-operative Union Ltd.
  • Cordage Manufacturers Institute
  • Drapers Chamber of Trade
  • The Employers Association of the Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods Wages Council
  • Federation of Bakers
  • Federation of Merchant Tailors
  • Food and Drink Federation
  • Forum of Private Business
  • The Guild of Hairdressers
  • Independent Footwear Retailers Association
  • Independent Footwear Retailers Association—Midland Region
  • Institute of Directors
  • Made-Up Textiles Association
  • Mail Order Traders Association
  • National Association of Master Bakers, Confectioners and Caterers
  • National Association of Multiple Shoe Repairers
  • National Chamber of Trade
  • National Federation of Fish Friers Limited
  • National Federation of Fishmongers Ltd.
  • National Federation of Meat Traders
  • National Federation of Retail Newsagents
  • National Federation of Self-Employed and Small Businesses Ltd.
  • National Hairdressers' Federation
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—Devon Branch
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—East of Scotland
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—Edinburgh Branch
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—Fife Branch
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—Kilmarnock and District Branch
  • National Hairdressers' Federation—Lanarkshire Branch
  • National Licensed Victuallers Association
  • Radio, Electrical and Television Retailers Association Ltd.
  • The Reclamation Association
  • Scottish Association of Master Bakers
  • Scottish Grocers' Federation
  • The Scottish Licensed Trade Association
  • Society of Master Shoe Repairers
  • Soho Restaurateurs Association
  • Union of Independent Companies
  • United Kingdom Jute Goods Association Ltd.
  • The Wiping Cloth Manufacturers Association
  • Voluntary Group Association
  • Working Men's Club and Institute Union Ltd.

(b) Other Organisations

  • Aberconwy Borough Council
    • 799
  • Adam Smith Institute
  • Aekta Project
  • Amalgamated Engineering Union
  • Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff
  • Barnoldswick Women's Group
  • Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Barton Hill Rights and Advice Centre
  • Belgrave Baheno
  • Birmingham City Council
  • Diocese of Coventry
  • Diocese of Durham
  • Diocese of Kingston
  • Diocese of Knaresborough
  • Diocese of Manchester
  • Diocese of Ripon
  • Diocese of Wakefield
  • Blythe Neighbourhood Council
  • Borough of Camden—Libraries and Arts Department's Community Information Service
  • Borough of Greenwich—Women's Committee
  • British Institute of Management
  • Bromsgrove and District Trades Council
  • Bury South Constituency Labour Party
  • Camden Community Law Centre
  • Camden Tribunal and Rights Unit
  • Campaign Against Poverty
  • Campaign for the Homeless and Rootless
  • Cardiff Justice and Peace Group
  • Cardiff Unemployed Group
  • Central Area Basic Skills Unit
  • Centre for Policy Studies
  • Cheshire County Council
  • Child Poverty Action Group
  • Church Action on Poverty
  • Church Poverty Action Group—Merseyside Branch
  • Citizens' Advice Bureau—Chelsea Town Hall
  • Citizens' Advice Bureau—Leicester
  • Citizens Rights Office
  • City of Bristol—Employment and Community Development Committee
  • City of Glasgow
  • City of Lincoln
  • City of Newcastle upon Tyne
  • City of Norwich
  • City of Salford
  • City of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council
  • Civil and Public Servants Association
  • Community and Race Relations Unit—British Council of Churches
  • Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
  • Cumbria Association of Trades Councils
  • Derbyshire County Council
  • Diocese of Manchester—Board for Social Responsibility
  • Diocese of Plymouth—Justice & Peace Commission
  • Dudley Metropolitan Council
  • Equal Opportunities Commission
  • Federation of Managerial Professional and General Associations
  • Firth Park Advice Centre
  • Furniture Timber and Allied Trades Union
  • Gateshead Law Centre
  • General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union
  • General, Municipal, Boilermakers and Allied Trades Union —Midlands and East Coast Region
  • General Synod of the Church of England—Board for Social Responsibility
  • Greater Manchester Church Action on Poverty
  • Greater Manchester Council for Voluntary Service
  • Greater Manchester Low Pay Unit
  • Great Grimsby Borough Council
  • Greenwich Community Law Centre
  • Greenwich Homeworkers Project
  • Hackney Council
  • Hackney Trades Council and Hackney Trade Union Support Unit
  • Hitslink
  • Hounslow Community Relations Council
  • Hounslow Workers Support Unit and Centre for the Unemployed
  • Hull and District TUC Women's Committee
  • Hull City Council
    • 800
  • Hull Employment Law Project
  • Indian Workers Association (GB)—Leicester Branch
  • Industrial Society
  • The Institute of Economic Affairs
  • Institute of Economic Development Officers
  • Institute of Personnel Management
  • Jamaica Community Service Group
  • Job Change Project
  • Kendal and District Trades Council
  • Kirklees Metropolitan Council
  • Labour Party—Gorton South Branch
  • Lambeth Trade Union Resource Centre
  • Lancashire County Council
  • Leeds City Council
  • Leeds City Council—Women's Committee
  • Leeds Claimants Union
  • Leeds Industrial Mission
  • Leicester City Council
  • Leicester Rights Centre
  • Leicestershire County Council—Welfare Rights Unit
  • Lockleaze Community Advice Centre
  • London Borough of Camden
  • London Borough of Greenwich
  • London Borough of Lambeth
  • London Borough of Southwark—Employment Development Division
  • London Churches Group—Employment Development Unit
  • London Steering Group Against Low Pay
  • London Voluntary Service Council
  • Low Pay Unit
  • Northern Low Pay Unit
  • Manchester City Council
  • Manchester Council for Voluntary Service
  • Metropolitan Borough of Bury
  • Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale
  • Metropolitan Borough of Stockport
  • National Council of Women in GB
  • National Group on Homeworking
  • National Local Government Officers' Association—Grimsby Branch
  • National Local Government Officers' Association—Kirklees Metropolitan Branch
  • National Local Government Officers' Association—North Eastern District
  • National Local Government Officers' Association— Stockport Branch
  • National Local Government Officers' Association—South Tyneside Branch
  • National Union of Civil & Public Servants
  • National Union of Public Employees
  • National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers
  • Newcastle Central Labour Party Women's Council
  • Newcastle upon Tyne—Council for Voluntary Service
  • North Humberside Industrial Chaplaincy
  • North Tyneside Advice and Information Network
  • North Tyneside Council
  • Northumbrian Industrial Mission
  • Norwich and District Citizens' Advice Bureau
  • Oxford Child Poverty Action Group
  • Oxford Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility
  • Piccadilly Advice Centre
  • Plumstead Community Law Centre Ltd.
  • Prestatyn Town Council
  • Quaker Social Responsibility and Education
  • Retail Book Stationery and Allied Trades—Employees' Association
  • Rhyl Town Council
  • Rochdale Metropolitan Council
  • Roehampton Citizens' Advice Bureau
  • Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation
  • The Salvation Army
  • Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Scottish Low Pay Unit
  • Scottish Trades Union Congress
  • Scottish Women's Aid
  • Shama—Women's Centre
  • Sheffield Industrial Mission
  • Sheffield Information Service
  • South Tyneside Metropolitan Borough Council
  • The Spastics Society
    • 801
  • Stirling Council—Women's Group
  • Stockport Trades Council
  • Tameside Metropolitan Borough
  • Thamesdown Law Centre
  • Tooting and Balham Law Centre Ltd.
  • Tower Hamlets Law Centre
  • Trades Union Congress
  • Trades Union Congress—West Midlands Regional Council
  • Transport and General Workers' Union
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers— Cheltenham Private Trade Branch
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers— Cumbrian Co-op F20
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers— Leeds Private Trade Branch
  • Union of Shop Distributive and Allied Workers— (North Eastern Division)
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers— West End One Branch
  • Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (Yorkshire Regional Branch)
  • United Road Transport Union
  • West Midlands Low Pay Unit
  • West Yorkshire Low Pay Unit
  • Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council
  • Women For Change
  • York City Council