On Tuesday the House of Commons discussed the second reading
of the Trade Unions Bill. , The Attorney-General explained that the aim of the Bill was to secure for trade unions the same liberty for political action that they had enjoyed before the Osborne judgment, and at the same time to secure for the individual members the freedom they ought enjoy. The discussion that followed was concerned chiefly with the question whether the Bill sufficiently guaranteed the liberty, of the minorities. Unionist members on the whole considered the guarantees insufficient, while the Labour Party took the view that they were too stringent. The debate was wound up by Mr. Churchill, who expressed very strongly his opinion that the views of minorities in the union,s must be respected. The second reading was carried by a majority of 201 (219-18).
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