§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenterasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is the policy of Her Majesty's Government to seek to increase or to decrease the level of unemployment during the coming winter; and what steps he is taking to implement this policy.
§ Mr. Roy JenkinsOur policy is to seek to reduce unemployment from its present level. The full achievement of this must depend principally on the performance of exports, which is at present encouraging. In addition, I would refer the right hon. Gentleman to the answer given by the Secretary of State for Economic Affairs to the hon. Member for Hampstead (Mr. Whitaker) today.