§ 33. Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many requests for his Department's conciliation in disputes were made in 1971 by employers, 69W by trade unions, or by both acting jointly what percentage of the total these represent; and how these figures compare with those for the previous year.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:In 1971 employers requested conciliation in 182 cases and trade unions, either alone or acting jointly with employers, in 618 cases. 77 per cent. of all requests were therefore from trade unions. The figures for 1970 were 164 and 555, respectively, and the percentages were the same.
Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many days have now been lost through trade disputes since June, 1970; and how this figure compares with that for a similar period prior to June, 1970.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:Following is the information:
Period Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 000's 1st July, 1970–31st March 1972 (21 months) 31,975 1st October, 1968–30th June 1970 (21 months) 12,631
§ Mr. Harold Walkerasked the Secretary of State for Employment (1) how many stoppages of work due to industrial disputes have been recorded by his Department since 1st January, 1972; and how this figure compares with the same period in each of the past 10 years;
(2) how many days' production have been lost due to industrial disputes since 1st January, 1972; and how this compares with the same period in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark:Following is the information:
Period Stoppages beginning in period Working days lost in all stoppages in progress in period 000"s 1st January-31st March: 1972* 448 12,439 1971* 627 9,496 1970 1,212 2,201 1969 718 1,552 1968 518 714 1967 529 459 1966 661 485 1965 711 915 1964 596 739 1963 466 211 1962 749 4,072 * Provisional figures.