HC Deb 25 April 1975 vol 890 cc405-6W
Mr. Viggers

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of persons who will become unemployed as a result of his Budget proposals, analysed by industry and by region;

(2) what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies that will be caused in the electronics industry as a result of his Budget proposals;

(3) what estimate he has made of the number of redundancies that will be caused in the boat building industry as a result of his Budget proposals.

Mr. Dell

As my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer indicated in his Budget Statement, the various Budget proposals are likely to result in an increase in unemployment above the previously projected level of about 20,000 by the end of this year. It is not possible to give a regional or industrial breakdown of this figure; this will depend on the response of consumers and overseas suppliers to changes in aggregate demand and in the relative prices of the less essential goods subject to higher rate VAT.

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