HC Deb 24 November 1966 vol 736 cc344-5W
39. Mr. Wingfield Digby

asked the President of the Board of Trade whether he is aware that, since the introduction of the Selective Employment Tax, unemployment in Dorset has increased by 645 or about 41 per cent.; and whether he will take steps to reduce this unemployment by making Dorset a development area.

Mr. Darling

I see no justification on present evidence for making Dorset a Development Area.