§ 63. Colonel WOODCOCKasked the Financial Secretary to the Treasury if he can give the figures for the year ended 31st December, 1925, of the Transport and General Workers' Union, showing the total receipts, working expenses, officers' salaries, allowances, and expenses, and benefits paid to members, other than dispute pay, respectively?
§ Mr. BETTERTONI have been asked to reply. The annual return for the year ended 31st December, 1925, of the union to which my hon. and gallant Friend refers shows total receipts £524,732 1s. 9d.; working expenses, £284,010 4s. 7d. (including £189,419 6s. 8½d. as salaries and allowances of officers, etc., and branch secretaries) and benefits paid to members other than dispute pay, £80,202 2s. 11d.
§ Mr. HAYESIs the hon. Gentleman aware that the Transport and General Workers of the Everton Division of Liverpool are well aware of all these things, which is their business, and that they will be quite prepared to inform the hon. and gallant Gentleman if he wants to know it.
§ Colonel WOODCOCKHow can the hon. Member for Edge Hill (Mr. Hayes) tell the House, seeing that he has no connection with Everton or its trade union men, and knows nothing about it.