§ 19. Mr. Evelyn Kingasked the Minister of Labour what estimate he has made of the additional degree of unemployment so far caused in Great Britain as a result of the Rhodesian sanctions policy.
§ Mr. GunterNo such estimate is possible, but the effect cannot have been, nor is it likely to be, other than very little.
§ Mr. KingDoes not the right hon. Gentleman agree that deliberately to create unemployment in Great Britain in order to produce an effect increasingly unlikely to be produced in Rhodesia is a most distasteful operation and one with which no unemployed man, if he were asked, would willingly agree?
§ Mr. GunterWe have no evidence that unemployment has been created by this situation.
§ Mr. John LeeIs my right hon. Friend aware that if unemployment in this country should be caused by the prolongation of this policy, some of us would support more drastic measures?
§ Mr. GunterI am grateful for my hon. Friend's support but that question had better be directed to another quarter.