§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list information available to him on the consignments of food products exported from Britain since 1 January that have been rejected by the importing country; and what were the reasons for rejection.
§ Mr. Donald ThompsonI have been asked to reply.
1970 1980 1985 Forest workers employed on forest management activities 4,168 (1,600) 2,528 (1,084) 1,964 (816) Forest workers employed on harvesting activities 1,734 (666) 2,090 (896) 1,256 (522) 5,902 (2,266) 4,618 (1,980) 3,220 (1,338) Note: Figures in brackets denote those workers employed in Scotland.
Forest workers can be employed on a range of activities, and it is not possible to give a more detailed breakdown of the above figures.