§ Mr. DobsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment pursuant to her answer of 26 October,Official Report, column 500, what action has been taken by her Department to verify the allegations of subscriptions being deducted from non-union members.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Department does not investigate allegations of this kind. It is clear that there currently exists scope for the abuse of "check-off" arrangements. The introduction of the proposed new requirement for the individual written consent of employees to the deduction of trade union subscriptions direct from their pay will help to minimise the scope for abuse.