HC Deb 11 July 1972 vol 840 cc304-5W
Mr. Grylls

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if it is proposed that the National Industrial Relations Court and the Commission on Industrial Relations will publish periodic reports on their work.

Mr. Maurice Macmillan

Under Section 123 of the Industrial Relations Act the Commission on Industrial Relations is required to make an annual report to me on its activities. These reports, which are to be made as soon as practicable after the end of each calendar year, must be published and laid before Parliament. They must include a general review of the development of collective bargaining in the United Kingdom during the year and draw attention to any particular problems in this field which appear to the commission to be of special importance.

There is no similar requirement in the case of the National Industrial Relations Court. It is not the practice for courts to publish reports on their work, but statistical information about the work of the NIRC will be included in the Civil Judicial Statistics issued annually by my noble and learned Friend the Lord Chancellor.

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