Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 7 Rhagfyr 1964.
Mr Richard Glyn
, North Dorset
12:00,
7 Rhagfyr 1964
asked the Minister of Labour which associations of employers and workers accepted his invitation to send representatives to the second African Regional Conference of the International Labour Organisation which opened at Addis Ababa on 30th November.
Mr Raymond Gunter
, Southwark
The British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress were invited to appoint representatives to a full tripartite delegation to this conference. The B.E.C. accepted this invitation but the T.U.C. did not. In these circumstances, it was decided to send an observer delegation instead. The B.E.C. did not wish to join such a delegation. I understand that the T.U.C. would have done so but found it impracticable to send anyone.
Mr Richard Glyn
, North Dorset
In view of recent developments, will the Minister take steps to assert the right of free association of employers' organisations and trade unions in communist-controlled areas such as Tanzania?
Mr Raymond Gunter
, Southwark
I am not sure what that means. All I can say is that the T.U.C. and the B.E.C. did not see fit to join in an observer delegation.
Ministers make up the Government and almost all are members of the House of Lords or the House of Commons. There are three main types of Minister. Departmental Ministers are in charge of Government Departments. The Government is divided into different Departments which have responsibilities for different areas. For example the Treasury is in charge of Government spending. Departmental Ministers in the Cabinet are generally called 'Secretary of State' but some have special titles such as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Ministers of State and Junior Ministers assist the ministers in charge of the department. They normally have responsibility for a particular area within the department and are sometimes given a title that reflects this - for example Minister of Transport.
