HC Deb 08 February 1977 vol 925 cc651-2W
Mr. Albert Roberts

asked the Secretary of State for Employment of the working days lost during the year 1976 through strikes, what percentage of the total was lost by workers in the car industry and the mining industry.

Mr. Harold Walker

Of the working days lost in 1976 through stoppages arising out of industrial disputes, 24 per cent. occurred in the motor vehicle manufacturing industry and 2 per cent. in coal mining. The figures on which these percentages are based are provisional.