§ Dr. Godmanasked the Paymaster General if he will estimate employment trends in the Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency over the next two years; and if he will make a statement.
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Value: £ million 1979 19861 (a) (b) Crude balance (a) (b) Crude balance imports (cif) exports (fob) £ million as percentage of (a) imports (cif) exports (fob) £ million as percentage of (a) Total trade of which: 48,423 42,802 -5,621 12 86,067 73,009 -13,058 15 (i) Cereals and cereal preparations 668 264 60 769 1,177 +408 53 -404 (ii) Agricultural products 6,264 1,814 71 9,356 4,001 -5,355 57 (iii Other of which 42,160 40,998 -4,450 3 76,710 69,008 -7,702 10 1,172 (iv) Motor vehicles 2,997 1,519 -1,479 49 5,684 1,764 -3,920 69 (v) Electrical goods 3,643 3,633 -9 0 11,600 8,799 -2,801 24 (vi) Steel 998 1,080 +83 8 1,520 1,591 +71 5 (v) Coal 136 62 -74 54 443 107 -366 76
§ Mr. LangI have been asked to reply.
No official employment projections are available. In the light of recent developments the outlook is obviously uncertain. The Government are considering what steps might be taken to alleviate the problems caused by the planned redundancies at Scott-Lithgow.