§ Mrs. Peacockasked the Paymaster General what was the net loss in manufacturing jobs in Yorkshire and Humberside in the years 1974 to 1986.
§ Mr. LeeBetween June 1974 and June 1986, there was a net decrease of 307,000 employees in employment in manufacturing industries in the Yorkshire and Humberside region.
Some of the decrease in the figures will be the result of the reclassification of jobs such as industrial cleaning, catering, computer services, and road haulage, previously done by manufacturers' own employees and now done by subcontractors. This developing feature of our economy has the effect of exaggerating the extent of the move from manufacturing to service sector employment.