HC Deb 05 December 1962 vol 668 c188W
85. Mr. Small

asked the Minister of Labour what was the increase or decrease in the number of persons employed in the Scottish shipbuilding and marine engineering industries from 1951 to the latest available date.

Mr. Hare

Between mid-1951 and mid-1961 the numbers employed in shipbuilding and ship-repairing and in marine engineering in Scotland are estimated to have fallen by 8,400 and 2,700 respectively.