§ Mr. Bruce-Gardyneasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance is given to senior management in his Department regarding the definition of union meetings at which attendance by employees of his Department is permitted; and whether the criteria cover attendance at meetings called to decide on whether to disrupt the work of his Department.
§ Mr. Peter Rees[pursuant to his reply, 29 June 1981]: Senior management is given full general guidance, arid, where necessary, specific guidance for handling particular situations. Meetings whose only outcome can be disruption of the work of the Department are not authorised, but meetings at which a decision might lead to the abandonment or reduction of industrial action may qualify for approval.