Mr. COOPERasked the President of the Board of Trade what are the total annual increases or decreases in the wages of those trade unionists making returns to his Department for the year 1904 and each succeeding year up to and ending the year 1909; and what is the number of trade unionists making returns for each of those years?
Mr. BUXTONThe returns of Changes in Rates of Wages received by the Board of Trade do not specify, for the great majority of workpeople affected, whether they are trade unionists or not. The information desired cannot therefore be given.