§ 90. Sir D. Robertsonasked the Minister of Labour what action he intends to take with the London Society of Compositors, who have refused membership to a Streatham man who completed his apprenticeship in July, 1939, and was then mobilised as a Territorial soldier and served throughout the war, and is now unemployed although vacancies are available in trade union houses.
§ Mr. IsaacsQuestions regarding the acceptance or non-acceptance of new members by trade unions are matters entirely within the discretion of the unions themselves and I have no power to intervene. With regard to the case which I gather the hon. Member has in mind, 155W I understand that the man in question obtained a post as a hand compositor on 21st May