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asked the Minister of Transport why, by paragraph 9 of S.R. & O., 1947, No. 1148, he has made it obligatory for applicants for a pilotage order to send a copy of the ad vertisement of their application to the Transport and General Workers' Union.
The Rules set out in the Order referred to are framed to provide that proposed changes in pilotage administration are brought to the notice of all interested parties, and, as a number of pilots now belong to the Transport and General Workers' Union, it is appropriate that that body should be included as well as the United Kingdom Pilots' Association.
Will the same privileges be granted to any other trade union who ask for them?
Certainly, if they have a substantial number of members in their organisation.