§ 3. Mr. Nellistasked the Secretary of State for Employment what are the average hours worked each week by manual workers in industry at the latest available date; and how that compares with 1974, 1964 and 1954.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkIn October 1983 full-time manual men on adult rates in manufacturing industry worked an average of 42.6 hours a week. Broadly comparable earlier figures were 48.5 hours in 1954, 46.9 hours in 1964 and 44.0 hours in 1974.