§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table to show the change in the size of the employed labour force between 1979 and each subsequent year separately for the United Kingdom and for all other countries in the European Economic Community combined.
§ Mr. LangThe information requested is given in the following table:
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* Countries who were members of the European Communities in 1979: Germany (FR), France, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark. n/a =Not Available.
Source: SOEC "Employment and Unemployment", supplemented for Germany, France and Italy by OECD "Quarterly Labour Force Statistics" and for United Kingdom by HMSO "Employment Gazette".
§ Mr. Austin Mitchellasked the Paymaster General if he will publish a table in the Official Report showing the size of the employed labour force in 1979 in each country in the then European Community and in each subsequent year up to 1985.
Total employment, EC countries Thousand 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 United Kingdom 25,375 25,306 24,323 23,894 23,602 24,065 24,396 Germany (FR) 26,047 26,328 26,144 25,709 25,331 25,346 n/a France 21,894 21,916 21,803 21,834 21,729 21,511 n/a Italy 20,590 20,869 20,925 20,875 20,921 21,015 21,115 Netherlands 4,927 5,081 5,113 5,094 5,041 5,044 n/a Belgium 3,807 3,797 3,721 3,670 3,632 3,643 n/a Luxembourg 157 159 159 159 157 158 n/a Ireland 1,145 1,156 1,146 1,148 1,125 1,110 n/a Denmark 2,529 2,489 2,455 2,461 2,474 2,532 n/a n/a =Not Available.
Source: SOEC "Employment and Unemployment", supplemented for Germany, France and Italy by OECD "Quarterly Labour Force Statistics" and for United Kingdom by HMSO "Unemployment Gazette".