HC Deb 25 May 1993 vol 225 c517W
14. Mr. Knox

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many days were lost in the industrial disputes in the most recent 12-month period for which figures are available; and what was the comparable figure for the same 12-month period 14 years ago.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Five hundred and eighty-eight thousand working days were lost compared with 14 million.