§ 2. Commander Donaldsonasked the Minister of Labour if he will give the numbers and the percentage of insured male and female unemployed persons in each of the three counties of Roxburghshire, Selkirkshire and Peeblesshire at the latest convenient date; and if he will give similar figures for the same period of 1958.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodAs the answer consists of a table of figures, I will, with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Commander DonaldsonWhile I shall study the figures with interest, is my right 363 hon. Friend aware that the incidence of unemployment and under-employment in my three Border counties is due in the main to the imposition of American wool tariffs? Will he consult his right hon. Friends to try to create conditions in which the effect of these tariffs will
| NUMBERS AND PERCENTAGES OF MALE AND FEMALE UNEMPLOYED PERSONS REGISTERED AT LOCAL OFFICES IN ROXBURGHSHIRE, SELKIRKSHIRE AND PEEBLESSHIRE ON 17TH MARCH, 1958 AND 9TH MARCH, 1959 | |||||||||
| 17th March, 1958 | |||||||||
| Males | Percent. | Females | Percent. | Total | Percent. | ||||
| Roxburghshire | … | … | 225 | 2.4 | 95 | 1.6 | 320 | 2.1 | |
| Selkirkshire | … | … | … | 185 | 2.3 | 77 | 1.5 | 262 | 2.0 |
| Peeblesshire | … | … | … | 58 | 2.0 | 35 | 1.8 | 93 | 1.9 |
| 9th March, 1959 | |||||||||
| Males | Percent. | Females | Percent. | Total | Percent. | ||||
| Roxburghshire | … | … | 177 | 1.9 | 56 | 0.9 | 233 | 1.5 | |
| Selkirkshire | … | … | … | 125 | 1.6 | 77 | 1.5 | 202 | 1.6 |
| Peeblesshire | … | … | … | 55 | 1.9 | 8 | 0.4 | 63 | 1.3 |