The British Employers' Confederation and the Trades Union Congress were invited to appoint representatives to a full tripartite delegation to this conference. The B.E.C. accepted this invitation but the T.U.C. did not. In these circumstances, it was decided to send an observer delegation instead. The B.E.C. did not wish to join such a delegation. I understand that the T.U.C. would have done so but found it impracticable to send anyone.