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Yet it may still not be good enough: the best mini-mill firms can make a ton of steel using less than one man-hour of labour.
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"The largest security company in the world, providing a contract to their biggest UK client, turned years of carefully-laid preparations into an 11th-hour fiasco, " Labour MP Mr Vaz said.
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Labour productivity continues to grow, with non-farm output per hour increasing by 1.1% at an annual rate in the second quarter.
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France's 35-hour week, which restricts the supply of labour, lowers this limit.
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As labour minister from 1997-2000, she implemented the 35-hour week - known in France as the "Aubry Law" - and universal sickness cover, as well as overseeing an important youth employment scheme.
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The party would still find itself well to the left of Tony Blair's Labour Party, though: for instance, Mr Hollande defends the 35-hour week.
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Despite the robust growth of the French economy, few within the government expect the 35-hour week to perform job-creating miracles for the tenth of the labour force still without work.
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The rural theme is maintained at the end of the day (at 10pm) when Labour MP Chris Williamson, a long standing activist in the League Against Cruel Sports, has a half-hour adjournment debate on policing violence at hunts.
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"We didn't do that for Ted Heath or (former Labour prime minister) Jim Callaghan - we could have dealt with it quite easily and respectfully next week in an hour set aside for it, " he said.
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