§ 55. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will seek to amend the Industrial Relations Act to protect trade unions and their officials from fines resulting from unofficial action by their members who are acting without the permission or instruction of their union.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo. I consider that the protection afforded by the law of agency is already adequate in this respect.
§ 56. Mr. Roseasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will seek to enact a declaratory Clause amending the Industrial Relations Act to state that any action which does not arise from breach of contract cannot constitute an unfair industrial practice short of a strike within the meaning of the Act.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithNo.