asked the Minister of Labour the number of man days lost through industrial disputes for each of the years 1946 to 1951 inclusive.

The information asked for is approximately as follows:

1946	2,158,000
1947	2,433,000
1948	1,944,000
1949	1,807,000
1950	1,389,000
1951	1,694,000

asked the Minister of Labour the number of cases referred to the National Arbitration Tribunal for each of the years 1946 to 1951 inclusive.

The figures are as follows:

1946	142
1947	164
1948	174
1949	247
1950	239
1951 (to 13th August)	208

asked the Minister of Labour if he will give figures for 1951 of the activity of his Department under the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Orders, 1940–50, as compared with the table of figures set out on page 119 of his Department's Annual Report for 1950.

The number of cases reported under the Orders during the period 1st January to 13th August, 1951, inclusive was 414, and a further 124 cases reported in 1950 were in action at the beginning of the year. These 538 cases were dealt with as follows:

Referred to National Arbitration Tribunal	208
Referred to arbitration machinery established under the Industrial Courts Act, 1919—
Industrial Court	3
Single Arbitrators appointed by the Minister	7
Total referred to arbitration	218
Settled by reference to suitable joint machinery under Article 2 (2) of the 1940 Order	13
Settled as a result of other Ministerial action under Article 2 (3) of the 1940 Order	7
Settled as a result of action taken by Conciliation Officers	79
Number of cases in action at the end of the period	221
	538

On 14th August the Conditions of Employment and National Arbitration Orders were revoked by the Industrial Disputes Order, 1951, and the cases in action at that date fell to be considered under the provisions of the latter Order.