HC Deb 28 November 1984 vol 68 cc502-3W
Mr. McQuarrie

asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dairymen and other workers in the dairy industry in Northern Ireland have registered as unemployed since the implementation of the European Community milk quota scheme.

Dr. Boyson

The information requested is not available. Unemployment figures for the milk and milk products sector of manufacturing industry are not separately available. However, I am pleased to inform my hon. Friend that the number of unemployed agricultural workers has dropped from 2,806 in October 1983 to 2,711 in October 1984.

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