§ Lord Brockwayasked Her Majesty's Government:
What action they propose to take arising from the evidence in the Home Office Research Study No. 68 on Ethnic Minorities in Britain that black workers are disproportionately employed in manual jobs and in manufacturing industry.
Earl FerrersThe Home Office Research Study has usefully brought together information and examined trends on the position of the ethnic minorities, but successive Governments have long been aware of the evidence relating to the distribution of the ethnic minorities within industry and within occupational groups, and have taken that into account, along with686WA other relevant information, in reviewing employment policies.