HC Deb 21 October 1976 vol 917 cc548-51W
Mr. Shersby

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a list of those trade unions which have obtained certificates of independence, and those whose applications are pending, respectively, in cases of unions which are not members of the TUC.

Mr. Harold Walker

Following is the information as provided by the Certification Officer:

A. Certificates of Independence issued under Section 8 of the Employment Protection Act 1975

  • A.A. Staff Association
  • Amalgamated Society of Woolcomb Hackle and Gill Makers.
  • Association of Assistant Mistresses.
  • Association of Cambridge University Assistants.
  • Association of First Division Civil Servants.
  • Association of Head Mistresses, Incorporated 1896.
  • Association of Local Government Engineers and Surveyors.
  • Association of Official Architects.
  • Association of Passenger Transport Executives and Managers.
  • Association of Polytechnic Teachers.
  • Association of Professional Scientists and Technologists.
  • Association of Public Service Finance Officers.
  • British Association of Colliery Management.
  • British Medical Association.
  • Chartered Society of Physiotherapy.
  • Executives and Managers Association of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • Group 1 Staff Association.
  • Guinness (Park Royal) Supervisory Association.
  • Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association.
  • Imperial Group Staff Association.
  • Imperial Supervisory Association (Imperial Tobacco Ltd.).
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  • Institute of Journalists.
  • Junior Hospital Doctors Association.
  • Lancashire Box, Packing Case and General Woodworkers Friendly, Relief, Sick, Superannuation and Burial Society.
  • Lloyds Bank Group Staff Association.
  • London Society of Tie Cutters.
  • Nalgo Staff Union.
  • National Association of Fire Officers.
  • National Association of Head Teachers.
  • National Association of Probation Officers.
  • National Association of Unions in the Textile Trade.
  • National Federation of Club Stewards and Hotel Managers.
  • National Tile Faience and Mosaic Fixers' Society.
  • National Union of Flint Glass Workers.
  • National Westminster Staff Association.
  • Nationwide Building Society Staff Association.
  • Professional Association of Teachers.
  • Retail Book, Stationery and Allied Trades Employees' Association.
  • Retired Officers Association.
  • Scottish Further Education Association.
  • Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association.
  • Shipbuilding and Allied Industries Management Association.
  • Society of Education Officers.
  • Steel Industry Management Association.
  • Telecommunications Staff Association.
  • Telephone Contract Officers' Association.
  • Thames Water Staff Association.
  • United Commercial Travellers' Association of Great Britain and Ireland.
  • United Friendly Agents Association.
  • United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers.
  • Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen.
  • Chief and Assistant Chief Fire Officers' Association.
  • Nelson and District Association of Preparatory Workers.

B. Applications under consideration for Certificates of Independence under section 8 of the Employment Protection Act 1975.

  • Alumase Employees Association.
  • Association of Clinical Biochemists Limited.
  • Association of Community Home Schools.
  • Association of County Secretaries.
  • Association of Foremen, British Aircraft Corporation (Filton Factory and Fairford).
  • Association of HSD (Hatfield) Employees.
  • Association of HSD (Stevenage) Employees.
  • Association of Licensed Aircraft Engineers.
  • Association of Managerial Electrical Executives.
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  • Association of Managerial Staff of the National Bus Company and Subsidiary Companies.
  • Association of Supervisory and Executive Engineers.
  • Bank of England Staff Organisation.
  • Bank of New Zealand (London) Staff Association.
  • Barclays Group Staff Association.
  • Bernard Wardle (Everflex) Ltd. Staff Association.
  • Britannic Field Staff Association.
  • British Aerospace Staffs Association.
  • British Aircraft Corporation Limited (Guided Weapons Division) Senior Staff Association (Bristol).
  • British Aircraft Corporation (Military Aircraft Division) Professional Staff Association.
  • Cadbury Schweppes Senior Management Association.
  • Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association of the University of Liverpool.
  • Commercial Bank of Australia (London) Staff Association.
  • Commercial Union Group Staff Association.
  • Confederation of Employee Organisations.
  • Council of Bank Staff Associations.
  • EMI Electronics Limited Feltham Junior and Middle Management Association.
  • Executive and Management Staff Association, British Aircraft Corporation, Hurn.
  • Foremen's Association of the British Aircraft Corporation Limited (Military Aircraft Division).
  • Guardian Royal Exchange Staff Union.
  • Guild of Local Authority Valuers and Estate Surveyors.
  • Guild of Water Service Senior Officers.
  • Guild of Textile Supervisory.
  • Hospital Physicists Association.
  • Kosset Staff Association.
  • Laurence Scott and Electromotors Foremen's Association.
  • Leek and Westhourne Staff Association.
  • Legal and General Staff Association.
  • Lufthansa Staff Association United Kingdom.
  • Medical Insurance Agency Staff Association.
  • National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens.
  • National Owner Drivers Association UK.
  • National Union of Co-operative Insurance Agents.
  • National Union of Social Workers.
  • National Association of National Farmers Union Group Secretaries.
  • Northern Counties Textile Trades Federation.
  • Rolls-Royce (1971) Limited Management Association.
  • Society of Metropolitan and County Chief Librarians.
  • Star Aluminium Managerial Staff Association. 2 R 4
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  • United Friendly Divisional and District Managers Association.
  • United Friendly Head Office Management Association.
  • Walsall Lock and Keysmiths Male and Female Trade Society.
  • Arts Council of Great Britain Staff Association.
  • Guinness Brewing Staff Association (UK).

Mr. Shersby

asked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any plans to introduce legislation to amend the Employment Protection Act in order to prevent unions which are not members of the TUC from obtaining certificates of independence.

Mr. Harold Walker

As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Industry announced on 29th July during the course of the debate on the Third Reading of the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Bill, the Government are considering the need for changes in the current legislation relating to the certification of independence of trade unions. We are consulting the main interested organisations, and when we have received their advice we will decide what needs to be done.