§ Mr. John Pageasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish a table showing the number of industrial disputes and the number of days lost, showing coal mining separately, each year since 1950.
§ Mr. Chichester-ClarkFollowing is the information:
the employment estimates, the latest of which are for June 1972. Following is the available information:
Changes between June estimates of the numbers of employees in employment in Scotland thousands 1961–62 +18 1962–63 -32 1963–64 +31 1964–65 +18 1965–66 +4 1966–67 -43 1967–68 -14 1968–69 +5 1969–70 -21 1970–71 -59 1971–72 (provisional) +4