§ Ms. WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many hours dock workers have worked per week on average in each of the last five years in each of the major ports.
§ Mr. McLoughlinWeekly average hours worked within the dock labour scheme as a whole were published in the annual reports of the National Dock Labour Board and were as follows (including overtime but excluding "under-employed" hours):
1986 1987 1988 39.5 41.0 42.0 I have no information on ports outside the scheme, or for the period from 1989 when it was abolished.