Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Justice – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 17 March 2015.
John Martin McDonnell
Labour, Hayes and Harlington
11:30,
17 March 2015
The Secretary of State did not respond to the latter part of the question from my hon. Friend Ian Lavery, concerning the injunction he has threatened against the Prison Officers Association purely for convening a national executive committee meeting to discuss how to respond to the 0% pay rise. How can he justify this legal attack on the democratic rights of a trade union?
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
A group of workers who have united to promote their common interests.