§ Mr. Masonasked the Attorney-General if he will introduce legislation to restrict the power of courts to sequestrate the assets of organisations such as trade unions in contempt cases and to place a duty on the courts to make available to such organisations, on application, any proportion of the sequestrated assets which is necessary to cover the reasonable day-to-day running costs of the organisation concerned; and if he will make a statement.
§ The Solicitor-GeneralNo. The remedy in such cases is for these organisations to obey the lawful orders of the court in the first place, and if they do not, to purge their contempt.