§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Energy what was the number of miners employed in the Scottish coalfield in February 1974; and what is his estimate of the total that will be employed in December 1976.
§ Mr. EadieThere were 24,423 miners on colliery books in the Scottish area on 2nd February 1974 and 22,974 on 13th November 1976. The estimate for December 1976 is 22,950.