§ Miss Lestorasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the Wilson Committee to report on immigration procedure; and whether legislation made necessary by the report will be introduced during the next Session of Parliament.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsI understand from the Chairman that the Committee on Immigration Appeals hopes to be able to submit its report before the end of July, although the complexity of its task makes it impossible for it to give an unqualified assurance that it will be able to do so. It would be premature for me
NORTH-WEST REGION All industries and services Textiles Year Number of days lost (000s) Percentage of time lost Number of days lost (000s) Percentage of time lost 1956 … … 207 .03 2 * 1957 … … 1,547 .22 25 .03 1958 … … 101 .01 3 * 1959 … … 700 .10 † * 1960 … … 345 .05 2 * 1961 … … 630 .09 † * 1962 … … 888 .13 3 * 1963 … … 283 .04 10 .02 1964 … … 348 .05 † * 1965 … … 267 .04 8 .01 54W
UNITED KINGDOM All Industries and services Textiles Year Number of days lost (000s) Percentage of time lost Number of days lost (000s) Percentage of time lost 1956 … … 2,083 .04 27 .01 1957 … … 8,412 .16 37 .02 1958 … … 3,462 .07 10 * 1959 … … 5,270 .10 54 .03 1960 … … 3,024 .06 16 .01 1961 … … 3,046 .06 18 .01 1962 … … 5,798 .10 31 .02 1963 … … 1,755 .03 23 .01 1964 … … 2,277 .04 27 .01 1965 … … 2,925 .05 46 .02 * Less than 0.005. † Less than 500. to say anything about legislation until I have received and considered the Committee's report.