§ 19. Mr. MacdonaldTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what specific proposals he has to reduce unemployment in rural areas.
§ Mr. CopeSpecific measures introduced by my Department and others to help rural areas are described in "Action for Rural Enterprise" available to Members from the House of Commons Library. Since this was published, our adult training provision has been reorganised and enhanced by the introduction of employment training and we are currently examining ways of further improving rural access to our programmes and services.