Mr. Alan Lee Williamsasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will make a statement on the number of unofficial and official strikes in the London Docks in the years 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967 and 1968, respectively.
§ Mr. HattersleyThe number of strikes in the London docks during these years, together with the numbers of man-days lost as a result, are listed in the table below. All these strikes were unofficial.
Year Number of strikes Man-days lost 1964 … … 46 30,921 1965 … … 22 4,592 1966 … … 25 31,840 1967 … … 31 252,126 1968 … … 50 12,793