§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the total number of working days lost through strikes involving 5,000 or more workers in 1979; and what is the number of days lost by the same criterion for 1980 so far.
§ Mr. MayhewThe total number of working days lost through stoppages involving 5,000 or more workers in 1979 was 23,295,000.
Corresponding figures for part of the year are not compiled, but a rough estimate for the first three quarters of 1980 is about 10 million.