§ Mr. Brothertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his esti- 154W mate of the number of employees in trade union membership in each of the following years: 1974, 1975 and 1976, respectively.
§ Mr. GoldingThere were 11,673,000 persons in the United Kingdom who were members of trade unions at the end of 1974 and 11,859,000 at the end of 1975. Similar information for 1976 will not be available until later this year.