§ 27. Mr. Stewart-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many stoppages of work due to industrial disputes have been recorded by his Department so far in 1972 and how this compares with the same period in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark675 in the four months ending 30th April, 1972. For the same period in the preceding five years the figures were: 1971, 783; 1970, 1,642; 1969, 970; 1968, 717; 1967, 709.