§ Mr. Michael Clark Hutchisonasked the Secretary of State for Employment why he has referred the question of abolition of the Fur Wages Council to the
'000, Seasonally adjusted March 1974 August 1977 Latest date* United Kingdom† … … … 582.5 1,410.3 1,400.0 United States‡ … … … … 4,633.0 6,926.0 6,090.0 Japan‡ … … … … 694.0 1,143.0 1,111.0§ France† … … … … 445.0 1,216.0 1,042.2 West Germany† … … … … 480.0 1,066.0 1,007.0§ * March figures for the United Kingdom and West Germany, February figures for the United States and France, January figures for Japan. † Numbers registered at employment offices. ‡ Numbers unemployed obtained from a labour force sample survey. § These have been estimated using the actual numbers unemployed and the seasonal constants calculated from the 1977 data.