§ Mr. Websterasked the Minister of Labour whether, for the benefit of 146W exporters, he will tabulate the ports of the United Kingdom in such a way as to show which of them have had the most industrial disputes and other causes of delay, and which the least.
§ Mr. ThorntonThe following are provisional figures for stoppages of work and days lost due to industrial disputes starting during 1964 in United Kingdom Ports. At ports not included in the list, no stoppages were recorded. No figure is given for days lost if these amount to less than 500.
Port No. of stoppages Days lost England Birkenhead 4 5,000 Bristol 4 8,000 Bromborough 1 Ellesmere Port 2 1,000 Garston 3 Great Yarmouth 1 Grimsby 1 1,000 Hartlepools 1 Hull 11 27,000 Ipswich 1 Liverpool 8 35,000 London (including Tilbury) 33 29,000 Manchester 3 2,000 Middlesbrough 2 4,000 North Shields 2 Northwich 1 1,000 Preston 1 1,000 Rochester 3 1,000 Salford 1 3,000 Sharpness 1 Southampton 4 3,000 Sunderland 1 Weymouth 1 Scotland Aberdeen 3 1,000 Ardrossan 1 Glasgow 3 4,000 Wales Cardiff 3 Newport 1 Port Talbot 1 Swansea 1 Northern Ireland Belfast 1 Larne 1 Londonderry 1 There may be many other causes of delay apart from strikes and these cannot be tabulated. Also, factors affecting the turn round of ships at particular ports are continually changing. For these reasons the figures relating to stoppages of work in 1964 cannot be taken as a guide to exporters.