§ Lieut.-Colonel JAMESasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that during the recent dock strike private individuals who desired to visit ware-houses in the docks, not with a view to moving goods but merely to inspect them, were forcibly prevented from obtaining access by pickets; and whether, in future, the Government will afford the fullest protection to His Majesty's subjects who ask for it?
Mr. DAVIESI have been asked to reply to this question. No such incident has been brought to my notice. Had the assistance of the police been asked for in the circumstances indicated it would, I feel sure, have been afforded, and the police will at all times do all in their power to prevent violence and intimidation.