§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish in the Official Report details showing the number of craftsmen in each of the respective building trades who were registering for employment in Lanarkshire at the most recent convenient date.
§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieThe following table gives the numbers of unemployed people last employed in the construction industry who on 12th January 1978 were registered at employment offices in Lanarkshire, for work in each of the building trades listed.
Carpenters and joiners 332 Electricians 58 Cable jointers and linesmen 3 Heating and ventilation engineering fitters 5 Plumbers, pipe fitters and gas fitters 87 Metal scaffolders 16 Other steel erectors, riggers and cable splicers 85 Painters and decorators 186 Bricklayers, masons and stone setters 178 Plasterers 73 Terrazzo workers and tile setters 8 Roofers 37 Glaziers 3 General builders 1 Pipe layers and jointers 6 Site work concreters 2 Earth moving and civil engineering equipment operators 83 Crane, hoist and other materials handling equipment operators 37