Trade Unions (Amalgamations)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 December 1964.

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Photo of Mr Geoffrey Howe Mr Geoffrey Howe , Bebington 12:00, 7 December 1964

Does the right hon. Gentleman not agree that this matter is of particular importance not only in the motor industry, to which my hon. Friend the Member for Twickenham (Mr. Gresham Cooke) has referred, but also to the shipbuilding industry where there are sometimes as many as two dozen unions in the same yard? In view of the importance of both these industries to the continuing prosperity of Merseyside, will the right hon. Gentleman use his best efforts in both these industries to hasten as much progress as can be achieved?