§ MR. PIKE PEASE (Darlington)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade if he is aware that, according to the last monthly report of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers, there were 102,723 members of that society in the United Kingdom at the end of April; whether the whole of this membership is comprised in the total under the head of engineering to whom the Board of Trade unemployment Returns relate; and whether he can state what other branches of the engineering trades are included in the Board of Trade total.
§ MR. CHURCHILLThe figures given with regard to the membership of engineering trade unions making returns do not include such of the members of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers as are either superannuated or apprentice members or members of branches directly affected by disputes or so-called "trade protection members," not entitled to unemployed benefit. All other members of this society are included. Twenty-three other trade unions are also included in the statistics, mainly patternmakers, iron and brass founders, and machinists.