§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many requests for the operation of his conciliation machinery he has received since the beginning of October, 1970; if he will give the source of request on each occasion; and if he will state his action in each case.
§ Mr. BryanIn the 14 weeks ended 31st December, 1970, my Department received 226 requests for conciliation,
322Wyears 1960 to 1969 it was 31; and in the years 1969 and 1970 it was 56 and 72, respectively.
In all industries and services, the numbers of working days lost in all stoppages in progress in 1964, 1969 and 1970 were, respectively, 2,277,000, 6,846,000 and 10,970,000. The numbers of stoppages beginning in these years were 2,524, 3,116 and 3,888.
Excluding the coal mining industry, the numbers of stoppages beginning in 1964, 1969 and 1970 were, respectively, 1,466, 2,930 and 3,731.
All the figures for 1970 are provisional.