§ 25. Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days have been lost due to industrial disputes since May; and how this compares with the same period in 1978.
§ Mr. Mayhew20.7 million working days were lost in the six months ended 31 October 1979, of which three-quarters were accounted for by the recent engineering strike. In the same period of 1978 the figure was 4.6 million.