HC Deb 07 May 1991 vol 190 c453W
Mr. Dunn

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment whether he has any proposals to restrict the power of the courts to sequestrate union assets.

Mr. Forth

No. Sequestration is a penalty which may be imposed on any organisation which commits contempt of court. To restrict the powers of the court to sequestrate union assets would, therefore, be to give a special, and totally unjustifiable, privilege to trade unions.