§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry if he will give figures for (a) production and (b) capacity for steel in each member State of the EEC; and how many were employed in the steel industry in each EEC country in 1977 and 1981.
§ Mr. WakehamI shall reply to the hon. Member as soon as possible.
§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Industry how many jobs were lost in the steel industry in Wales over the period 1978 to 1982.
§ Mr. WakehamSuch information as is available shows a fall in employment in Wales of 26,090, 53 per cent., in the British Steel Corporation between September 1978 and September 1981, and of 3,050, 47 per cent., in the private steel sector over the three-year period January 1979 to January 1982.
Sources: BSC—BSC: all iron and steel activities.
Private sector —British Independent Steel Producers Association: Treaty of Paris products. Narrower definition has only a marginal impact on the figures.