any or peace- representative 3 9. Defence Regulation 2B provides that a person shall not be guilty of an offence against the Regulation by reason only of his taking part in fully persuading any other person to take part in a strike. A from the Ministry of Labour informed the Committee that in his view organised Labour would be suspicious of a proposal to extend Regulation 2B in peace- time. In all the circumstances the Committee did not feel that there were any sufficient grounds for seeking to prolong the Regulation after the war It was pointed out that under the Emergency Powers Act of 1920, if there was substantial threat to interfere with essential services a Regulation on these lines could be made.