§ Mr. Howieasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity if she will now make a statement about the appointment of the Chairman of the Commission for Industry and Manpower.
§ Mrs. Castle:I am not yet in a position to make a statement.
SCOTLAND 1969* 1968 1966 1964 1962 Total Known Official Total Known Official Total Known Official Total Known Official Total Known Official Stoppages beginning in year 521 12 395 16 344 9 475 9 529 11 (Thousand) Workers involved in these stoppages† 234.0 17.2 233.8 136.7 68.6 2.8 144.1 0.6 544.8 443.0 Mining and quarrying 22.3 — 5.8 — 10.2 — 31.4 — 37.7 — Metals, engineering, shipbuilding and vehicles 154.5 — 207.7 — 43.6 — 79.7 — 450.1 — Textiles, leather, clothing and footwear 1.9 — 1.6 — 0.5 — 0.6 — 1.3 — Construction 8.9 — 6.6 — 5.3 — 1.9 — 7.2 — Transport and communication 26.1 — 3.8 — 6.4 — 23.5 — 35.2 — All other industries and services 20.4 — 8.3 — 2.7 — 7.0 — 13.2 — Working days lost in all stoppages in progress 776 153 638 216 289 73 302 13 718 457 Mining and quarrying 102 — 8 — 21 — 60 — 69 — Metals, engineering, shipbuilding and vehicles 421 — 494 — 178 — 170 — 561 — Textiles, leather, clothing and footwear 3 — 6 — 2 — 1 — 3 — Construction 49 — 57 — 15 — 8 — 21 — Transport and communication 78 — 23 — 66 — 47 — 41 — All other industries and services 123 — 50 — 6 — 17 — 22 — *Provisional. † Due to independent rounding, totals are not necessarily the sum of component parts.