§ Mr. Banksasked the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the organisations and the groups of his Department's employees to which he has given recognition.
§ Mr. PattieFormal recognition, as defined in employment legislation, extends to the following trades unions representing the interests of non-industrial Ministry of Defence employees:
- Association of Government Supervisors and Radio Operators
- Chief Police Officers Association*
- Civil and Public Services Association
- Civil Service Union
- Defence Police Federation*
- First Division Association
- Institution of Professional Civil Servants
- Ministry of Defence Staff Association*
- Retired Officers Association*
- Society of Civil and Public Servants.
Those marked * cover a particular class, for example the Ministry of Defence Staff Association has recognition only for permanent staff within the Royal Observer Corps.
MOD industrial employees are represented by the following:
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Engineering Section)
- Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Foundry Section)
- Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen.