§ 80. Mr. Hector Hughesasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will instruct the Scottish Development Department to undertake a comprehensive study of the reasons for the current acceleration of unemployment in Scotland above the national trend.
§ Mr. RossSince July, 1966 unemployment in Scotland has risen at a much less rapid rate than the national total and over the past three months the seasonally corrected trend has been downward.