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Manufacturing Industry

Volume 959: debated on Monday 27 November 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what estimate he has made of the proportion of the work force which is likely to be employed in manufacturing by 2010.

I have made no such estimate. The methodology of forecasting national manpower requirements so far ahead is not well developed and any figure would be conjectural.