§ Mr. SHINWELLasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has considered the request from the Civil Service 1217W Clerical Association that the dispute affecting certain grades of the service should be referred to arbitration; and whether he is prepared to comply with that request?
§ Mr. W. S. MORRISONArrangements exist for the reference to the Industrial Court on the part of classes of civil servants of claims affecting their emoluments, weekly hours of work and leave. My right hon. Friend has caused the association in question to be informed that in his view recourse to the Industrial Court in accordance with the agreed arrangements is the appropriate course. As the claims relate to certain departmental classes, the parties to any references to arbitration must be the Departments concerned and the accredited representatives of the interested staffs in those Departments.