§ Captain Pluggeasked the Prime Minister whether, since the Trades Disputes Act of 1927 was placed on the Statute Book, any review has been carried out of the adequacy of Whitley machinery in the Civil Service, for enabling representatives of approved associations of civil servants, and in particular industrial civil servants, to meet and discuss their problems with representatives of the official side; and whether he will consider the desirability of appointing a Select Committee to examine and report on this matter?
The Prime Minister: I am afraid that at the moment I have nothing to add to the answer which I gave on this subject generally to the hon. Member for the Stoke Division of Stoke-on-Trent (Mr. E. Smith) on 16th March last.