5 Other representations
12. The period for Parliamentary consideration of
the proposals began on 22 January 2004 and expired on 31 March
2004. The Department received one additional representation during
that period from an employee of the Museum in Docklands.[6]
The concern raised was that the proposed Order should make the
most rapid possible progress into law. This was because he had
been given to understand that completion of the merger of the
Museum in Docklands with the Museum of London would enable the
contractual terms and conditions of the two current Museum's staffs
to be harmonised. He considered that differences in the two sets
of pay and conditions for staff to be to the disadvantage of employees
of the Museum in Docklands.
13. The Department's response indicated that pay
and conditions for the staff of the Museums were a matter for
the Board of the Museum of London.[7]
With respect to the timetable for implementing the Order, it
is the Department's intention that, should it receive Parliamentary
approval, the proposed Order should be in force by July 2004.
We consider that, should both Houses approve the draft Order,
the Department should arrange for it to take effect as soon as
is practicable so that the discrepancy identified above can be
addressed.
6 Letter from Mr Giovanni Presti to Mr Owain Lloyd-James,
DCMS, Explanatory statement, Annex A Back
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