Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 October 1991.
Mr Toby Jessel
, Twickenham
12:00,
22 October 1991
To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many stoppages occurred in the 12 months to December 1990; how many in the previous 12 months; what was the annual average in the 10-year period ending December 1989; and if he will make a statement.
Secretary of State was originally the title given to the two officials who conducted the Royal Correspondence under Elizabeth I. Now it is the title held by some of the more important Government Ministers, for example the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs.
