§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his estimate of future unemployment trends.
§ Mr. BoothBased on existing trends, I would expect that, as my right hon. Friend the Chancellor of the Exchequer has suggested, seasonally corrected unemployment will be under 1.2 million at the end of the year and that it will then begin to level off. I should not like to predict beyond that, as much will depend on the fight against inflation and the improvement in world trade.