§ Sir Nigel Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Employment what proportion of the total work force of the United Kingdom is the membership of trade unions.
§ Mr. Golding:It is estimated that, at the end of 1976, the period to which the latest figures relate, the proportion of the total work force of the United Kingdom—that is, employees in employment, employers and self-employed persons, Her Majesty's Forces and registered unemployed—in membership of trade unions was 46.7 per cent.