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in later t Б Sor, H. M. Welles
You expressed some doubts, incidentally,
in your telegram No.1 about the propriety
of supplying the TUC with a copy of the
revised text of the Bill. I should like to
put your mind at rest about this. As I think
you know, both the TUC and the CBI are
CBI
represented on an official committee the
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which
Overseas Labour Consultative Committee
sits under the chairmanship of Lord Lothian
and whose terms of reference are as follows:
"To discuss and, where appropriate, make recommendations on such matters as may from time to time be referred to it concerning Britain's Overseas Aid Programme in the labour field and remaining responsibilities in that field in the dependent territories; the scope of the labour attaché service; related questions."
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and
Victor Feather first wrote to the Secretary
of State on 24 September 1970 saying that he
had received information from Hong Kong
about a Bill to amend the Trade Union
Registration Ordinance. The letter went on to
say that a preliminary study of the proposed
amendments suggested that "some of them may
prove to be unduly restrictive"; the hope
was expressed that no action would be taken
before there had been time for proper study
and discussion of these proposals. The
matter subsequently came up for discussion
at a meeting of the OLCC on 30 October 1970
where, in view of the detail and scope of the
TUC's criticisms, it was proposed that a
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