HC Deb 31 March 1969 vol 781 cc1-2W
42. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity how many working days were lost through strikes and stoppages in 1968 in the nationalised industries and in bodies such as the Port of London Authority, which are controlled by other public authorities.

Mr. Hattersley

The number of working days lost in the United Kingdom in the nationalised industries during 1968 due to stoppages of work arising from industrial disputes was about 365,000. In the remainder of the public sector, as defined for purposes of National Accounts Statistics, the corresponding figure was about 335,000.

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