§ Lieut.-Colonel Bromley-Davenportasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what organisations he has now been able to consult with regard to the recommendations of the Gowers Committee Report; when he expects to have completed consultations with interested organisations; and when he intends to introduce legislation to deal with the recommendations.
§ Sir D. Maxwell FyfeI assume that my hon. and gallant Friend has in mind the Gowers Committee's recommendations on health, welfare and safety in non-industrial employment. Below is a list of the organisations to which have been circulated the tentative proposals for legislation for which my Department is responsible.
As regards the second and third parts of the Question, I would refer my hon. and gallant Friend to the answers which I gave on 16th February to the hon. Member for Cardiff, West (Mr. G. Thomas) and on 12th November to the hon. Member for Ogmore (Mr. Padley) and other hon. Members.
- Trades Union Congress.
- Accident Offices Association.
- Association of British Chambers of Commerce.
- British Bankers Association.
- British Employers Association.
- Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors.
- Life Offices Association.
- National Chamber of Trade.
- Bank of England.
- Co-operative Union Limited.
- Coal Merchants Federation of Great Britain.
- Company Chemists Association Limited.
- Incorporated Guild of Hairdressers, Wig Makers and Perfumers.
228 - National Association of British Market Authorities.
- National Association of Corn and Agriculture Merchants.
- Wholesale Footwear Distributors' Association. National Federation of Fruit and Potato Traders Limited.
- National Federation of Grocers and Provision Dealers Association.
- National Federation of Hide and Skin Merchants.
- National Federation of Inland Wholesale Fish Merchants.
- National Federation of Wholesale Grocers and Provision Merchants.
- National Hairdressers Federation.
- National Market Traders Federation.
- Retail Distributive Trades Conference (Employers' Side).
- Retail Distributors Association Incorporated.
- Wholesale Textile Association.
- Association of London Clubs.
- British Federation of Hotels and Boarding House Associations.
- British Hotels and Restaurants Association.
- Caterers Association.
- Industrial Catering Association.
- Milk Bars Association.
- National Caterers Federation
- National Consultative Council of the Retail Liquor Trade.
- Cinematograph Exhibitors Association.
- Theatres National Committee.
- Motor Agents Association
- Municipal Passenger Transport Association.
- Passenger Vehicles Operatives Association.
- Public Transport Association.
- Road Haulage Association.
- Traders Road Transport Association.
- British Dental Association.
- British Electricity Authority.
- British European Airways Corporation.
- British Overseas Airways Corporation.
- British Transport Commission.
- Gas Council.
- Iron and Steel Corporation of Great Britain.
- National Coal Board.
- Association of Municipal Corporations.
- County Councils Association.
- Institute of Shops Acts Administration.
- London County Council.
- Metropolitan Boroughs Standing Joint Committee.
- Rural District Councils Association.
- Sanitary Inspectors Association.
- Society of Medical Officers of Health.
- Urban District Councils Association.
- Institute of Weights and Measures Administration.
- National Association of Local Government Officers.
- Municipal Passenger Transport Association.
- Royal College of Nursing (Public Health Section).
- National Council of Women of Great Britain.
- Office Management Association.
- Medical Practitioners Union.
- Railway Shopmen's National Council.
- Municipal Guild.
- National Union of General and Municipal Workers.
- Joint Emergency Committee (Optical Profession).
- Institute of Chartered Accountants.
- Apparel and Fashion Industry's Association