§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he has made any further alteration to his previous target of 3 per cent unemployment by the end of 1979; and what progress has been made towards his objectives.
§ Mr. Joel BarnettAs my right hon. Friend emphasised in his Budget State-22W ment, it remains the Government's overall economic objective to achieve the fastest possible return to a high and sustainable level of output and employment. But the extent to which we can fulfil that aim within any given timescale depends not only on securing improvements in our own industrial performance but also on developments in the wider world economy.