HC Deb 21 May 1999 vol 331 c453W
Mr. Redwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of manufacturing jobs lost in the UK in the last year. [84372]

Mr. Byers

I refer the right hon. Member to the figures published by the Office for National Statistics in its "First Release of Labour Market Statistics", which was issued by the ONS on 19 May 1999, a copy of which is available in the Library of the House.