Mr. Fosterasked the Minister of Fuel and Power the latest available figures for the previous 12 months of the total number of shifts lost when the workman has been available for work and for which the guaranteed wage has been paid and the loss of output due to this cause on the basis of the number of shifts lost.
§ Mr. ShinwellIn the 12 months ended May, 1946, the number of manshifts lost owing to no work being available for the workmen and for which the guaranteed wage was paid amounted to 960,000 or about one half of one per cent. of the shifts worked in the same period. The output so lost was approximately one million tons.