HC Deb 27 June 1921 vol 143 cc1822-4W
Sir H. NIELD

asked the President of the Board of Trade the number of Trade Boards now in existence and when each of them were respectively set up, distinguishing those which have come into being in pursuance of the Trade Boards Act; what number of people are concerned in the various trades in relation to which such Boards have been established; and is he yet in a position to express an opinion as to the working of these Boards and to the attitude of the trades involved towards them?

Dr. MACNAMARA

The following is a list of Trade Boards now in existence, with the dates upon which they were respectively established:

Under the Trade Boards Act, 1909.
Chain (Great Britain) 3.1.1910
Machine-made Lace and Net Finishing 7.9.1910
Paper Box (Great Britain) 29.7.1910
Paper Box (Ireland) 8.9.1911
Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain) 23.11.1910

Ready-made and Wholesale Bespoke Tailoring (Ireland) 19.3.1913
Under the Trade Boards Provisional Orders Confirmation Act, 1913.
Shirtmaking (Great Britain) 6.2.1914
Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving (Great Britain) 6.2.1914
Sugar Confectionery and Food Preserving (Ireland) 8.5.1914
Shirtmaking (Ireland) 14.5.1914
Tin Box (Great Britain) 30.7.1914
Hollow-ware (Great Britain) 4.8.1914
Linen and Cotton Embroidery (Ireland) 8.5.1916
By Special Order under the Trade Boards Act, 1918.
Tobacco (Great Britain) 23.4.1919
Laundry (Great Britain) 1.5.1919
Boot and Shoe Repairing (Great Britain) 5.7.1919
Paper Bag (Great Britain) 14.7.1919
Corset 17.7.1919
Brush and Broom (Great Britain) 17.7.1919
Tobacco (Ireland) 13.8.1919
Boot and Shoe Repairing (Ireland) 15.10.1919
Fur (Great Britain) 25.10.1919
Rope, Twine and Net (Great Britain) 3.12.1919
Jute (Great Britain) 8.12.1919
Wholesale Mantle and Costume (Great Britain) 13.12.1919
Coffin Furniture and Cerement Making (Great Britain) 16.12.1919
Brush and Broom (Ireland) 22.12.1919
Aërated Waters (England and Wales) 2.1.1920
Aërated Waters (Scotland) 8.1.1919
Hat, Cap and Millinery (England and Wales) 12.1.1920
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (England and Wales) 15.1.1920
Perambulator and Invalid Carriage (Great Britain) 20.1.1920
Flax and Hemp (Great Britain) 27.1.1920
Aërated Waters (Ireland) 4.2.1920
Button-Making (Great Britain) 13.2.1920
Stamped or Pressed Metal-Wares (Great Britain) 13.2.1920
Pin, Hook and Eye and Snap-Fastener (Great Britain) 17.2.1920
Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Great Britain) 17.2.1920

Hair, Bass and Fibre (Great Britain) 20.2.1920
Milk, Distributive (England and Wales) 27.2.1920
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Scotland) 29.3.1920
Dressmaking and Women's Light Clothing (Ireland) 31.3.1920
Hat, Cap and Millinery (Scotland) 31.3.1920
Hat, Cap and Millinery (Ireland) 31.3.1920
Wholesale Mantle and Costume (Ireland) 31.3.1920
Laundry (Ireland) 14.4.1920
Rope, Twine and Net (Ireland) 21.4.1920
Retail Bespoke Tailoring (Ireland) 24.4.1920
Flax and Hemp Spinning and Weaving (Ireland) 20.5.1920
Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods (Great Britain) 28.5.1920
Linen and Cotton Handkerchief and Household Goods and Linen Piece Goods (Ireland) 4.6.1920
Grocery and Provisions (England and Wales) 23.6.1920
Milk Distributive (Ireland) 6.8.1920
Milk Distributive (Scotland) 17.8.1920
Toy (Great Britain) 19.8.1920
General Waste Materials Reclamation (Great Britain) 27.8.1920
General Waste Materials Reclamation (Ireland) 27.8.1920
Cotton Waste Reclamation (Great Britain) 16.9.1920
Grocery and Provisions (Scotland) 1.11.1920
Made-up Textiles (Great Britain) 24.11.1920
Ostrich and Fancy Feather and Artificial Flower (Great Britain) 3.2.1921

The total number of workpeople covered by these Trade Boards is, approximately, 3,000,000. With regard to the last part of the question, I would refer my hon. Friend to the reply which I gave on the 13th April, of which I am sending him a copy.