§ Mr. Gwynfor Evansasked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons were employed in the Welsh woollen industry in each year, respectively, between 1950 and 1976.
§ Mr. GoldingIn 1975, the latest date for which information is available, there were about 1,100 employees in employment in Wales in the Woollen and Worsted Industry (Minimum List Heading 414 of the Standard Industrial Classification 1968). The estimates for years before 1971 were compiled on a different basis which did not indicate precisely very small changes in individual industries from one year to the next. However, the numbers employed have in general increased steadily and have roughly doubled since 1950.