§ 37. Mr. Wolrige-Gordonasked the Sectary of State for Employment what is his latest estimate of the proportion of the jobs to be created by North Sea oil which will accrue to Scotland.
§ Mr. Dudley SmithI cannot at present estimate the number of jobs that will be created by North Sea oil or the proportion accruing to Scotland. Employment on projects directly connected with exploration and development will be largely Scottish. Some 3,000 such jobs already exist in Scotland, and projects announced so far are expected to produce 8,500 over the next four years.