HC Deb 14 November 1979 vol 973 cc612-4W
Mr. Brotherton

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list in the Official Report the names of the organisations and individuals that have sent in submissions on his proposals for the reform of trade union law.

Mr. Mayhew

Some 90 organisations and many individuals have commented on our proposals on picketing, the closed shop and union ballots and for amending employment protection legislation. The main organisations are in the attached list. We are still receiving comments on our proposals.

  • The Confederation of British Industry
  • Trades Union Congress
  • Engineering Employers Federation
  • General Council of British Shipping
  • National Federation of Retail Newsagents
  • Leeds Chamber of Commerce
  • Institute of Directors
  • Association of British Chambers of Commerce
  • National Chamber of Trade
  • Food Manufacturers Federation
  • Brewers Society
  • The Association of Yorkshire and Humberside Chambers of Commerce
  • Association of County Councils
  • Newspaper Society
  • Federation of Master Builders
  • Chemical Industries Association
  • West Midlands Metropolitan County Council
  • Co-operative Employers Association
  • Coventry Chamber of Commerce
  • Glasgow Chamber of Commerce
  • Incomes, Data Services Limited
  • The Managerial Professional and Staff Liaison Group
  • United Kingdom Association of Professional Engineers
  • Institute of Journalists
  • Engineers and Managers Association
  • Conservative Trade Union Group
  • Federation of Professional Officers Associations
  • Union of Post Office Workers—Norwich Telephone Section Night
  • The Association of Public Service Professional Engineers
  • Council of Engineering Unions
  • Conservative Trade Union Nottingham Group
  • United Commercial Travellers Association—South Avon Branch
  • National Association of Head Teachers
  • Globe Electric Thread Co
  • National Federation of Self Employed and Small Businesses Ltd
  • National Federation of Medium and Small Employers
  • The Unquoted Companies Group
  • National Association of Independent Businessmen
  • Association of Independent Businesses
  • Cossor Electronics Ltd
  • institution of Industrial Works Managers (affiliated to the British Institute of Management)
  • Institute off Personnel Management
  • Industrial Society
  • The Royal Institute of Chemists
  • Council of Engineering Institutions
  • The Law Society of Scotland
  • Institution of Mechanical Engineers
  • Institution of Metallurgists
  • Federation of Professional Associations
  • British Institute of Management
  • Walsall Council for Community Relations
  • Kelloggs Ltd
  • Turner and Newall Ltd
  • Royal Insurance Ltd
  • Phillips Industries Ltd
  • British Aerospace
  • Chloride Group Ltd
  • 614
  • Caterpillar Tractor Co Ltd
  • Bradbury Controls
  • Norman Hargreaves (Machine Tools) Ltd
  • Vauxhall Motors
  • English China Clays
  • Provident Financial Group Bradford
  • Hiatt and Co
  • Goonvean Rostowrack China Clay Co Ltd
  • Lindustries
  • Waterfront and Industrial Pioneer Newspaper
  • International Harvester
  • East Midland Allied Press
  • H Tempest Ltd
  • Westminster Foods
  • Taylor Woodrow Ltd
  • Advisory Conciliation and Arbitration Service
  • Post Office
  • Nationalised Industries Chairman's Group
  • Aims:
    • The Free Enterprise Organisation
    • The Freedom Association
    • Electoral Reform Society
    • Board for Social Responsibility (Church of England)
    • Business Education Council Twickenham Conservative Association
    • Conservative Central Office West Midlands Area
    • Trade Union Office
    • Pride Cleaners Ltd
    • National Federation of Retail Newsagents
    • Women in Media
    • Basildon Constituency Labour Party
    • The Alliance of Small Firms and self-employed people
    • Barking Constituency Labour Party
    • National Union of journalists (West Essex and South Herts)