§ Mr. Russell Johnstonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has any statistics of the number of official stoppages over the most recent convenient period which have been caused by the dismissal of employees who have the legal right to put their case to industrial tribunals under the Employment Protection Act.
§ Mr. MayhewThe precise information requested is not available. However, the detailed analysis by cause of stoppage available for 1978 shows there to have been 10 industrial stoppages over the dismissal of employees known to be official.