§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Labour whether he will introduce legislation to enable him to enforce the holding of a ballot by a registered trade union before declaring a strike in those cases where such unions ignore the clauses in their constitutions calling for the holding of such ballots.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodNo, it is for the union members to see that the union observes its own rules. The effect of the suggested legislation would probably be to discourage the voluntary adoption of a ballot provision in union rules.