§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment which of the employers' associations required to file their annual returns by 1st June under Section 11 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act had not done so by 1st November; what proportion they formed of the associations required to file their returns; what reminders they have received; and what steps it is proposed to take to ensure their compliance with Section 11.
§ Mr. BoothI understand from the Registrar of Friendly Societies that the annual returns of 31 employers' associations listed under Section 8 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 and required to send returns to the Registrar before 1st June 1975, had not been 27W received by 1st November 1975. These 31 employers' associations are listed below.
These 31 associations represent 16.8 per cent. of listed associations required to submit returns before 1st June.
Each of these associations has been sent reminder letters drawing attention to its failure to furnish a return. Where appropriate, the notice of the association has been drawn to the fact that refusal or wilful neglect to furnish a return is an offence under the Act.
Listed Employers' Associations required to send annual returns to the Registrar before 1st June 1975 whose returns had not been received at the Registry of Friendly Societies by 1st November 1975.
Association of Circus Proprietors of Great Britain.
Electrical and Electronic Retailers' Association.
Federation of Master Printers and Decorators of Manchester and District.
Liverpool Lighter and Barge Owners' Association.
London and South Eastern Furniture Manufacturers' Association.
Master Sign Makers' Association.
The British Association of Lithographic Plate Manufacturers.
The Eastern Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers for Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers).
The Eastern Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers Local Authorities Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Services.
The Essex and Hertfordshire Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers for Local Authorities Services (Manual Workers).
The Essex and Hertfordshire Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers Local Authorities' Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Services.
The Federation of Design and Engineering Contractors.
The Hampshire Yacht and Boat Builders Association.
The Kent Ship and Boat Building Employers Association.
The London and District Scaling Employers Association.
The Medway Shiprepairers Association.
The Representative National Organisation of Employers of Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers).
The Representative National Organisation of Employers of New Towns Staff.
The Representative Organisation of the Local Authorities, Police Authorities, River and Water 28W Boards in Membership of the Southern Provincial Council for Local Authorities' Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical Services.
The Representative Organisation of the South West Provincial Employers of Local Authorities' Services (Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical).
The Representative Organisation of the South West Provincial Employers of Local Authorities Services (Manual Workers).
The Representative Organisation of the Western Provincial Employers of Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers).
The Represestative Provincial Organisation of Employers' Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers) for the North and East Ridings of Yorkshire.
The South Midlands Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers' Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers).
The West Riding of Yorkshire Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers 'Local Authorities' Services (Manual Workers).
The Yorkshire Representative Provincial Organisation of Employers 'Local Authorities' Administrative Professional Technical and Clerical Services.
Listed Employers' Associations required to send annual returns to the Registrar before 1st June 1975 whose returns had not been received at the Registry of Friendly Societies by 1st November 1975.
Scottish
Malt Distillers' Association of Scotland.
Scottish Decorators' Federation.
The Hawick Knitwear Manufacturers' Association.
The Hebridean Spinners Advisory Committee.
The Scottish Daily Newspaper Society.
§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment if the Institute of Journalists and the Hospital Consultants' and Specialists' Association have yet filed the returns required under Section 11 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974; if so, on what date they were filed; and how late this was compared with the requirement of Section 11.
§ Mr. BoothI understand from the Registrar that the Institute of Journalists submitted its return on 28th August 1975 and the Hospital Consultants and Specialists Association on 4th August 1975. In each case, under Section 11 of the Act, returns were required to be sent to the Registrar before 1st June 1975.
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