§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, if he will place in the Library copies of all the correspondence between the House of Commons management and the Association of First Division Civil Servants over the last 15 years concerning the applicability of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, and other national employment legislation, to its employees.
§ Mr. BeithNo. Correspondence between management and trade unions is not written with a view to publication. The applicability of the Trade Union and Labour442W Relations Act 1974 and the Health and Safety at Work Act 1975 are dealt with in replies given today to other questions from the hon. Member.
§ Mr. McLeishTo ask the hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, representing the House of Commons Commission, what is the policy of the Commission as to whether the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 applies in its entirety to employees in the House of Commons service; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. BeithSubject to the right of the House to determine its own actions and the interpretation of the law by the courts, there is no reason to believe that the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, as amended, does not apply in its entirety to employees in the House of Commons service.