§ 43. Mr. Madelasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many working days have been lost due to industrial disputes in the current year; and how the figures compare with the same period in 1979.
§ Mr. WaddingtonIt is provisionally estimated that 7.0 million working days were lost through stoppages of work due to industrial disputes in the nine months ended 30 September 1982. In the comparable period in 1979, 25.2 million days were lost.