HC Deb 24 March 1980 vol 981 cc406-7W
1. Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Industry what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's industrial policy on the prosperity of the West Midlands; and if he will take action to reverse the present trend of factory closures and rising unemployment in Tipton, Wednesbury and West Bromwich.

Mr. David Mitchell

asked Unemployment in the West Midlands is below the national average and well below that average in the Dudley and Sandwell travel-to-work area.

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