§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will publish in the Official Report a table showing the reduction in employment in manufacturing industry in the principal industrial countries bringing up to date the table published in the Official Report on 4 December 1979, c. 796.
§ Mr. Jim LesterFollowing is the latest available information, including revisions to the figures given in the previous reply of 14 December 1979. It is important to note that there are differences between countries in coverage and definitions used in compiling these statistics and they are therefore not fully comparable.