asked the Secretary of State for Employment what further action he proposes to take under the Equal Pay Act to abolish discriminatory collective agreements.

I am satisfied that discrimination has been removed from the agreements for all but three industries on my Department's register. I arranged for the agreements for the sawmilling industry in Scotland to be referred to the Central Arbitration Committee on 10th February. I am seeking further informa-

		Numbers unemployed			Percentage rate of unemployment
	…	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total
Hull travel-to-work area	…	12,433	2,646	15,079	11·0	4·0	8·4
Great Britain	…	1,055,101	317,280	1,372,381	7·6	3·5	6·0

Rates of unemployment are calculated by expressing the numbers unemployed as percentages of the estimated total number of employees, including the unemployed.