§ Mr. Trotterasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many trade unions required to file their annual returns by 1st June under Section 11 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 had in fact done so by that date; and in how many cases they (a) did not contain accounts, (b) contained accounts which were not audited by duly qualified auditors and (c) contained audited reports by qualified auditors which failed to give the union concerned an unqualified report.
§ Mr. John FraserI understand from the Registrar of Friendly Societies that the annual returns from 138 trade unions, listed under Section 8 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974, had been received by 1st June 1975. Of these (a) no trade union submitted an annual return which failed to contain details of its accounts, (b) 35 contained accounts which were not audited by auditors qualified in accordance with Schedule 2, paragraph 6, to the Act and (c) 12 contained audited reports by qualified auditors which failed to give the union concerned an unqualified report.