§ Sir W. Robson Brownasked the Minister of Labour if he will state, separately, how many official and unofficial strikes have taken place during the months of January, February and March, 1960; how many days have been lost in each case; and how many further days were lost by other workers either in the factory affected, or in other factories that had to close down as a result of shortage of material.
§ Mr. HeathAccurate figures are not available owing to difficulties of definition. Of the 794 stoppages—involving 604,000 working days lost—known to have been brought to a conclusion in the three months January to March, 1960, about 25 stoppages, involving a loss of roughly 100,000 working days, were definitely stated to be official.
I regret that the other information asked for is not available in any form.