§ 82. Mr. Greyasked the Minister of Labour if he is aware that unemployment in the northern region showed an increase of 5,300 on 14th January, 1957; and what steps he intends to take to reverse this tendency.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodYes, this increase was only slightly more than the normal seasonal increase which takes place in this month and, with the exception of 1956; unemployment was lower last month than in any January since the end of the war.