§ Mr. Russellasked the Minister of Labour the total number of stoppages and the total number of working days lost in the coal-mining industry for each of the years 1947 to 1955, inclusive.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodThe numbers were as follows:
Year Stoppages arising from industrial disputes Number of stoppages beginning in year Number of working days lost in stoppages in progress* in year 1947 1,053 912,000 1948 1,116 464,000 1949 874 754,000 1950 860 431,000 1951 1,058 350,000 1952 1,221 660,000 1953 1,307 393,000 1954 1,464 468,000 1955† 1,783† 1,112,000† * In some years the numbers of working days lost included days lost through stoppages which had begun in the preceding year and had not terminated by the end of the year. † Figures for the year 1955 are provisional.