HC Deb 18 February 1971 vol 811 cc537-8W
83. Earl of Dalkeith

asked the Secretary of State for Employment how many persons normally engaged in the building and construction industry in Scotland he estimates are unemployed on the basis of the latest figures available to him.

Mr. Dudley Smith

At 11th January, 1971, there were 25,985 persons registered as unemployed in Scotland who last worked in the construction industry.