HC Deb 14 July 1971 vol 821 c116W
70. Mr. Buchanan

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimates he has made of the effect on the Scottish economy of the fall in the purchasing power of the £ sterling since June, 1970.

Mr. Higgins

There is no doubt that cost inflation has had adverse economic effects particularly on investment and employment, both in Scotland and in the rest of the United Kingdom.