§ 22. Mr. William Priceasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many days have been lost in strikes since June 1970.
§ 48. Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many days were lost in industrial disputes in the three months to 30th June 1973; and what were the equivalent figures for the same period in 1972, 1971, 1970 and 1969.
§ Mr. Chichester-Clark46.8 million working days were lost through stoppages of work owing to industrial disputes between 1st July 1970 and 31st May 1973.
As the figures for June 1973 are not yet available I will answer Question No. 48 by giving the figures for the three months ending 31st May in each year. These were 2.3 million, 2.4 million, 3.3 million, 2.7 million and 1.5 million respectively.