HC Deb 24 June 1958 vol 590 c12W
49. Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the President of the Board of Trade what considerations he took into account in deciding that neither Lanark nor Carluke have a rate of unemployment liable to persist that is high enough to warrant any of the special financial help proposed by the Government for attracting industry.

Mr. Erroll

I could not regard Lanark, where unemployment is below the national average, or Carluke, with less than one hundred registered unemployed, as at present suffering high unemployment.