HC Deb 18 July 1989 vol 157 c168W
86. Mr. John Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any plans to meet the trade union commissioner to discuss secondary picketing and secondary action; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

My right hon. Friend has no such plans to meet the Commissioner for the Rights of Trade Union Members.

102. Mr. Nicholas Baker

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment what representations he has received seeking the repeal of current laws relating to secondary picketing and secondary action; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Nicholls

Representations on the proposals for changes to industrial relations law put forward in the Green Paper "Removing Barriers to Employment" are currently being considered. The proposal to make it unlawful to induce industrial action by workers of an employer not party to a trade dispute, except in the case of lawful picketing, was supported by a majority of those commenting on it.

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