HC Deb 27 October 1975 vol 898 cc376-7W
29. Mr. Dalyell

asked the Secretary of State for Prices and Consumer Protection whether, in view of the fact that, in 1961, 9,200,000 people were employed in manufacturing industry, and the corresponding figure in 1974 was 7,900,000, she is studying the effect on prices of the rise in the percentage of those involved in the service industries and public administration.

Mr. Maclennan

If my hon. Friend has evidence of the price effect of the relatively small increase in the share of total employment attributable to service industries and public administration during this period I shall be glad to consider it.