Steel Production

HC Deb 19 June 1975 vol 893 cc525-6W

Mr. Hooley

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what will be the effect on employment and short-time working

Percentages (at January)
Local education authority	1971–72	1972–73	1973–74
Bolton	…	…	37.7	32.5	35.4
Bury	…	…	38.2	31.7	28.9
Manchester	…	…	40.9	40.4	39.2
Oldham	…	…	35.0	31.9	28.9
Rochdale	…	…	40.6	41.8	39.9
Salford	…	…	26.1	27.9	25.8
Stockport	…	…	43.9	42.4	42.8
Tameside	…	…	27.1	28.6	30.6
Trafford	…	…	35.2	31.1	29.1
Wigan	…	…	39.5	44.7	43.5
England and Wales	…	…	44.2	42.5	40.3

in the British Steel Corporation of the demand by the EEC that BSC cut production by 4 per cent. in the next four months compared with the same period in 1974.

Mr. Kaufman

The EEC Commission's forecasts of steel production for June-September 1975 impose no obligations on producers in member States to restrict their output. BSC will continue to plan production on the basis of its own expectations of steel demand.