HC Deb 08 July 1982 vol 27 cc172-3W
Mr. Rooker

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list those trade unions having a political fund pursuant to the Trade Union Act 1913 where (a) half or less and (b) between half and three quarters of the members contribute to the fund, giving the figures for the latest convenient date.

Mr. Waddington

I understand from the certification officer that 61 unions currently maintain a political fund. Of these, the annual returns made to him for the year ended 31 December 1980, which is the latest date for which comprehensive information is available, show that the following had half or less of the membership contributing to the political fund:

  • Amalgamated Association of Beamers Twisters and Drawers (Hand and Machine)
  • Association of Cinematograph Television and Allied Technicians
  • Association of Scientific Technical and Managerial Staffs Cloth Pressers' Society
  • Liverpool Victoria Section of the National Union of Insurance Workers
  • National League of the Blind and Disabled
  • National Union of Mineworkers (Durham Area)
  • National Union of Mineworkers (Northumberland Area)
  • National Union of Scalemakers
  • National Union of Seamen
  • Society of Shuttlemakers
  • The following had between half and three quarters contributing to the political fund.
  • Amalgamated Society of Boilermakers Shipwrights Blacksmiths and Structural Workers
  • Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Constructional Section)
  • Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers (Technical Administrative and Supervisory Section)
  • Association of Patternmakers and Allied Craftsmen
  • Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff
  • Fire Brigades Union
  • Furniture Timber and Allied Trades Union
  • Iron and Steel Trade's Confederation
  • National Association of Theatrical Television and Kine Employees
  • National Union of Blast Furnacemen, Ore Miners, Coke Workers and Kindred Trades
  • National Union of Domestic Appliance and General Metal Workers
  • National Union of Insurance Workers Prudential Section National Union of Mineworkers
  • National Union of Mineworkers (Kent Area)
  • National Union of Mineworkers (Leicester Area)
  • National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths and Heating and Domestic Engineers
  • Post Office Engineering Union
  • Tobacco Workers Union
  • Union of Construction, Allied Trade and Technicians