§ Mr. BEALEasked the President of the Board of Trade, if he will state the number of cases settled in each of the last five 1971W years by conciliation and arbitration, respectively, which were referred to conciliation boards, such as mentioned on page 7 of the Second Report on Conciliation and Arbitration Boards [Cd. 5346], and in which a general or district rate of wages fell to be determined, specifying the industries which were the subject of each case and the boards concerned?
Mr. BUXTONFrom the Returns furnished to the Board of Trade by Conciliation and Arbitration Boards it is not possible to give precisely the particulars desired, but all the information received is set forth very fully in the volumes issued annually by the Board of Trade entitled, "Report on Strikes and Lock-Outs and on Conciliation and Arbitration Boards." I have caused copies of these Reports for the last five years to be sent to my hon. Friend.