§ Miss Quennellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the average number of hours, including overtime, worked in the European Economic Community manufacturing industries, the number of public holidays, and length of paid annual leave, since 1966, compared with hours worked, etc., in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. BryanThe average weekly hours worked by manual workers in manufacturing industries in April in each of the years 1966 to 1970 were as follows:
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The latest available information about numbers of public holidays and numbers of paid holidays fixed by collective agreements is given below. It is understood that these figures have not changed since 1966 in the case of the European Economic Community.
1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 Belgium … 44.6* 43.9 43.6 43.7 43.1 France … 45.8 45.7 45.5 45.6 44.9 Germany … 43.8 42.0 43.0 44.0 44.1 Italy … — 44.0 44.7 44.2 42.6 Luxembourg … 47.1* 43.7 43.5 43.8 43.8 Netherlands … 45.7 45.3 45.2 44.9 44.5 United Kingdom 43.6 43.0 43.4 43.4 42.7†
Public holidays Annual paid holidays Belgium … … 10 18 France … … 9 24 Germany … 10–13 15–24 Italy … … 17 12–30 Luxembourg … 10 18–24† Netherlands … 6–7 18† United Kingdom
At end-1966 it was estimated that 63 per cent. of manual workers in all industries and services had a basic holiday of two weeks, 33 per cent. had between two and three weeks and 4 per cent. had three weeks.
At end-1970 the figures were 41 per cent., 7 per cent. and 49 per cent. respectively with a further 3 per cent. being entitled to a basic holiday of more than three weeks.
In general six public holidays with pay are granted in addition.
Separate details are not calculated for manufacturing industreis.
* Excluding iron and steel.
† October.
‡Legal minimum.