§ Mr. STEPHENasked the Minister of Labour the number of cases before the Court of Referees in Glasgow during the latest week for which figures are available; the number of cases in which the Court was fully constituted; and the total number of workers' and employers' representatives whose services were made use of in hearing cases?
§ Mr. BETTERTONDuring the week ended 23rd February the Glasgow Court of Referees actually heard 642 cases in the course of 22 sittings, at 10 of which the Court was fully constituted. Fifteen employers' representatives and 12 insured contributors' representatives in all attended the sittings. Appeals are, of course, not heard by incomplete Courts except with the consent of the appellant.