§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many strikes there have been in the Principality of Wales, including Monmouthshire, during the course of the past five years; and how the number of man-days lost through strikes in the Principality compares rateably with the man-days lost in the United Kingdom as a whole.
§ Mr. HattersleyIn the years 1963–67 inclusive the total number of stoppages due to industrial disputes in Wales was 1,537. The average annual number of days lost per 1,000 employees as a result of stoppages was 275 for Wales, compared with 105 for the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Hoosonasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many of the strikes in the Principality of Wales during the last five years have been official; and how many have been unofficial.
§ Mr. HattersleyCertain stoppages are known to have been official, but it is not known whether all the remainder were unofficial, though the great majority 161W would have been. Out of a total of 1,537 stoppages occurring in Wales in the years 1963–67 inclusive, 27 are known to have been official.