§ 49. Mr. Douglasasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the number of redundancies recorded in the paper industry in Scotland in the past five years.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkThe numbers of redundancies recorded as due to occur in the paper industry in Scotland in each of the last five years are as follows:
Year Numbers of workpeople involved 13th June, 1971–12th June, 1972 … 775 13th June, 1970–12th June, 1971 … 1,423 13th June, 1969–12th June, 1970 … 396 13th June, 1968–12th June, 1969 … 230 13th June, 1967–12th June, 1968 … 728 Total … 3,552