§ Dr. David Owenasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is the percentage increase in the take-home wages of industrial workers since 1st July, 1970, in the private industrial shipbuilding and ship-repairing sector.
§ Mr. BryanI regret that it is not possible to assess the take-home wages. The latest figures that we have for earnings are for January, 1971. These show that the earnings of manual workers in the shipbuilding and repairing industry rose by 6.6 per cent. between June, 1970, and January, 1971.