§ Kali MountfordTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has received the recommendations of the inquiry into the machinery for determining firefighters' conditions of service. [119127]
§ Mr. Straw[pursuant to his reply, 12 April 2000, c. 226W]: The word "employees" was inadvertently substituted for the word "employers" in the first paragraph. The final sentence of the first paragraph should, therefore, have read:
These include proposals which would involve the acceptance by the employers and the union of conciliation and arbitration, in the event of disputes, a clarification of procedures, a streamlining of the negotiation arrangements, and an independent Chair for the National Joint Council.