HC Deb 02 July 1975 vol 894 cc448-50W
Mr. Trotter

asked the Secretary of State for Employment which were the 35 trade unions whose accounts for the year to 31st December 1974, filed with the registrar, were not audited by auditors qualified under Schedule 2 to the Trades Union Act 1974; and which were the 12 unions whose filed accounts contained auditors' reports which were not unqualified.

Mr. Booth

I understand from the Registrar of Friendly Societies that the accounts contained in the annual returns of the following trade unions submitted by 1st June 1975 were not audited by auditors qualified in accordance with paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, although further detailed inquiry is required to establish whether they were qualified under paragraphs 7, 8 or 9.

Amalgamated Tape Sizers Friendly Protection Society.

Associated Metalworkers' Society.

Chief Fire Officers' Association (England, Scotland and Wales).

Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association of the University of Liverpool.

Colne District of the Amalgamated Association of Twisters and Drawers.

Group 1 Staff Association.

Laurence Scott and Electromotors Foremen's Association.

London Society of Tie Cutters.

Manchester, Salford and District Society of Brewers and General Coopers.

National Association of Youth Hostel Wardens.

National Tile Faience and Mosaic Fixers' Society.

National Union of Co-operative Insurance Agents.

Nelson, Colne and District Tape Sizers' Pro tective Society.

Pride of Golborne Miners Lodge Trade Union and Checkweight Fund.

Screw, Nut, Bolt and Rivet Trade Society. Section Managers' Association J. S. Fry and Son (Cadbury Limited).

Sheffield Wool Shear Workers' Trade Union. Society of Shoe Rivet and Wire Nail Makers.

Stalybridge and District Loom Overlookers' Association.

Star Aluminium Managerial Staff Association. Teston Independent Society of Cricket Ball Makers.

National Union of Textile and Allied Wokers Staff Section.

The Card Dressers' Society.

The CBA (London) Staff Association.

The County City and Borough Architects Association.

The Cumberland Colliery Officials Association.

Guild of Water Engineers.

The Laminated and Coil Spring Workers Union.

The London Jewel Case and Jewellery Display Makers Union.

The Salaried Pharmacists Union.

Union of Railway Signalmen.

Scottish Association of Local Government and Educational Psychologists.

The Registrar regards the accounts of the following unions as qualified to some extent:

Association of Cambridge University Assistants.

Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs.

National Union of Mineworkers Yorkshire Colliery Enginemen, Firemen and Allied Trades Association Group 1 (Craftsmen) Area.

National Union of Public Employees.

Society of Post Office Executives.

The Inland Revenue Staff Federation.

The National Union of Bank Employees.

National Federation of Club Stewards and Hotel Managers.

British Medical Association.

The Blue Circle Staff Association.