HC Deb 31 January 1974 vol 868 c162W
Mr. Weitzman

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the effect of the three-day working week upon export orders.

Mr. Peter Walker

The Department has as yet no quantitative measure of the effect of three-day working on export orders. The indications are that there will be a deteriorating situation so long as industrial action in the mines creates the necessity of a short working week.