§ 43. Mr. Gordon Campbellasked the Secretary of State for Employment and Productivity to what causes she ascribes the net loss of jobs in Scotland between December, 1965 and December, 1968.
§ Mr. DellThe decrease between December, 1965 and December, 1968 in the number of employees in employment in Scotland is attributable in large measure to the contraction of some of Scotland's basic industries. Without the Government's intensified regional policies, through which—counting only projects requiring industrial development certificates—over 48,000 new manufacturing jobs were created in the three-year period, employment in Scotland would have been much lower.