§ 8. Mr. Campbell-SavoursTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what proposals she has for reducing unemployment in west Cumbria.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Employment Service and training and enterprise councils deliver a wide range of employment, enterprise and training programmes to help unemployed people in west Cumbria, as elsewhere.
§ Mr. Campbell-SavoursHas the Minister noted the framing of my question, No. 8 on the Order Paper, which asks what proposals the Secretary of State has for reducing unemployment in west Cumbria? May I have an answer to my question? What proposals do the Government have for reducing unemployment in an area where there is no prospect of new industry coming in? Young people in my constituency, who asked me to table the question about their future prospects, want an answer. What proposals do the Government have?
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe Government have consistently made it clear that it is our intention to provide the right economic climate so that job and employment opportunities will be available to people. Bearing in mind all the Government's investment in west Cumbria—the Trident programme and the development of Sellafield—it is strange that the hon. Gentleman should have the cheek to ask such a question.