HC Deb 01 July 1975 vol 894 cc405-6W
49. Mr. George Rodgers

asked the Secretary of State for Employment if his Department will undertake a study of the prospective loss of jobs in manufacturing industries as a consequence of automation and advanced technology.

Mr. Booth

The study by a group of researchers to forecast industrial employment in 1981, reported in the May 1975Department of Employment Gazette, takes into account the continuing trend to increased automation and advanced technology.