§ Mr. Arthur Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Employment what, for the latest most convenient stated date, is the total number of miners unemployed and on short-time.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithAt 6th December, 1971, the latest date for which information is available, there were 19,219 people registered as unemployed in Great Britain who last worked in the coal mining industry, including four who were temporarily stopped.