§ 67. Mr. E. BROWNasked the Minister of Labour if any representative bodies of employers, employed, or consumers have declared in favour of or against the ratification of the White Lead Convention; and, if so, will he state their titles and how they are composed?
Mr. HENDERSONI have been asked to reply to this question. I will circulate a list of the bodies from whom representations have been received in the OFFICIAL REPORT. The position, in brief, is that the ratification of the Convention is supported by the master painters, the operative painters, and the building trades operatives; and is opposed by the white lead manufacturers, the workers in the white lead factories, the Federation of Building Trade Employers, and the paint and colour manufacturers.
Following is the list of bodies from whom representations have been received in favour of or against the ratification of the White Lead Convention:—
§ In favour of ratification:
- The Master Painters' Federations of England and Scotland.
- The Painting Trade Materials Committee of Great Britain and Ireland.
- The Painters and Decorators Industrial Joint Council of Great Britain.
§ The National Amalgamated Society of Operative House and Ship Painters and Decorators.
- The National Federation of Building Trades' Operatives.
§ Against ratification:
- The Association of British Chambers of Commerce (forwarding a pamphlet by the Building Trades' Employers).
- The London Chamber of Commerce.
- Workers in 12 individual white lead factories.
- The Workers' Side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Lead Manufacturing Industry.
- The Workers' Side of the Joint Industrial Council for the Cooperage Industry.
- The National Confederation of Employers' Organisations on behalf of—White Lead Makers,
- The National Federation of Building Trade Employers of Great Britain and Ireland,
- The Lead Employers' Council,
- The National Federation of Associated Paint, Colour, and Varnish Manufacturers of the United Kingdom.