§ Mr. Kirbyasked the Minister of Labour whether he is aware that the Foremen's Mutual Benefit Society have a clause in their rules excluding from membership persons who are members of a trade union; how far such exclusions are common in mutual benefit and superannuation schemes operating under the control of employers; and if, in the public interest, he will take steps to make such conditions illegal.
§ Mr. TomlinsonThe answer to the first part of the Question is in the affirmative. I regret that I have no information enabling me to answer the second part of the Question, and as regards the third part, no proposal for introducing legislation on the subject is at present in contemplation.