§ Mr. JOHN WARDasked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that the reports of the Registrar-General 1812 show that 100 trade unions have paid out to their members during ten years, for unemployment, £4,018,176; for sickness and accident, £3,424,376; for superannuation, £2,363,254; for death, £954,007; and whether he has any means of deciding the amount of similar benefits paid by the remaining 1,073 trade unions not dealt with in the report?
Mr. BUXTONThe figures referred to by my hon. Friend are based on a Report issued by the Board of Trade on Trade Unions in 1909. They relate to 100 principal trade unions, and represent the great bulk of the expenditure of all trade unions on these benefits. I will, however, consider whether similar information could be furnished as regards the other trade unions.