HC Deb 30 January 2001 vol 362 c155W
6. Mr. Ernie Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if she will make a statement on the trend in the level of unemployment in Scotland since May 1997. [146185]

Mr. Foulkes

Unemployment in Scotland is at its lowest level since February 1976 and has fallen by 46,900 since spring 1997.