§ Q46. Mr. Adleyasked the Prime Minister if she will make a statement on the relationship between strikes and unemployment.
§ Mr. WhitelawI have been asked to reply.
Strikes are bound to have an adverse effect on competitiveness which in many cases leads to losses of jobs and sometimes ultimately to closures. There is little doubt, for example, that the recent seamen's dispute will result in job losses in the United Kingdom fleet.