§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will introduce legislation to provide for local authority meetings to be held in evenings or at such times as will permit any councillor to attend meetings without losing his employment, and to prevent employers from terminating employment of an elected councillor on the grounds of absence from work where the absence was due to fulfilling of council duties.
§ Mr. RossI would not wish to interfere with the complete discretion which local authorities enjoy to hold meetings at times convenient to the majority of their members. Nor would I wish to 85W interfere between employer and employee, when circumstances vary so widely from case to case.