§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) whether he will now invoke the Industrial Relations Act to deal with the industrial dispute affecting the mineworkers;
(2) whether he will now invoke the Industrial Relations Act to deal with the industrial dispute affecting the railway workers;
(3) whether he will now invoke the Industrial Relations Act to deal with the industrial dispute affecting the Ford workers.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkSuch action would not be appropriate at present.
§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a detailed list giving the dates and particulars of the cases when he or the Government have taken action under the Industrial Relations Act for resolving industrial disputes and with what results, in each case, indicating which actions took place after the start of the freeze in November 1972
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkI assume that the hon. Member is referring to cases initiated by the Secretary of State in the National Industrial Relations Court. There have been three such cases: the
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TABLE 1 PERSONS IN TEMPORARY ACCOMMODATION ON 31st MARCH 1972 Local Authority Family Accommodation Communal Accommodation Accommodation provided for LAS by Voluntary organizations Total Anglesey — — — — Breconshire County Council — — — — Caernarvonshire County Council 41 — — 41 Cardiganshire County Council 21 — — 21 Carmarthenshire County Council 19 — — 19 Denbighshire County Council 18 — — 18 Flintshire County Council 27 — — 27 Glamorgan County Council 58 — — 58 Merioneth County Council — — — — Monmouthshire County Council 67 — — 67 Montgomeryshire County Council 5 — — 5 Pembrokeshire County Council 5 — — 5 Radnorshire County Council — — — — Cardiff County Borough Council 596 12 — 608 Merthyr Tydfil County Borougl Council 4 — — 4 Newport County Borough Council 29 — — 29 Swansea County Borough Council — 30 — 30 890 42 — 932 application on 19th April 1972 for a restraint order under Section 138 in the railway dispute; the application on 11th May 1972 for a ballot order under Section 141 in the same dispute; and the application under Section 45 on 14th December 1972 for the recognition dispute between Horizon Holidays Ltd. and the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs to be referred to the Commission on Industrial Relations. In the railway dispute a settlement was achieved without recourse to further industrial action shortly after the result of the ballot was announced. The dispute between Horizon Holidays Ltd. and ASTMS was referred to the CIR, whose report is awaited.