§ Mr. Costainasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food whether the Covent Garden Market Authority has now completed its studies of alternative sites for the market; and what recommendation it has made.
§ Mr. SoamesThe Covent Garden Market Authority has now concluded that an efficient and economic market to replace Covent Garden Market could be built at Nine Elms, Vauxhall, and has sought my consent to the promotion of a Bill to amend the Covent Garden Market Act, 1961, so as to enable the Authority to rebuild the market there. I am giving urgent consideration to this recommendation.
NUMBERS EMPLOYED (EMPLOYEES IN EMPLOYMENT) AT MID YEAR IN CERTAIN INDUSTRIES IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IN SCOTLAND — Great Britain Scotland 1952 1955 1958 1963 1952 1955 1958 1963 Agriculture and horticulture 703.9 655.7 599.7 509.9 93.8 89.8 84.1 74.3 Forestry 22.4 23.5 22.5 21.4 7.3 7.9 6.9 6.7 Fishing 29.5 25.8 23.2 22.4 10.2 10.1 10.0 9.7 Coalmining 791.0 784.7 781.5 616.9 93.6 92.6 96.9 66.9 Shipbuilding and ship repairing 206.3 206.7 200.7 152.4 51.3 52.0 49.9 33.6 Marine engineering 75.2 81.5 79.5 58.8 23.8 24.2 23.4 17.3 Textiles 911.6 954.3 874.9 776.4 112.8 117.7 101.9 97.9 Railways 531.4 499.5 490.8 411.2 57.9 56.9 56.1 44.4 Locomotives and railway track equipment 86.5 78.0 73.5 56.9 14.1 11.1 8.5 3.7 Railway carriages and wagons and trams 82.6 83.9 85.0 61.6 7.0 9.3 10.0 4.7