§ 47. Mr. Peter Bottomleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will list the percentage increases in employment and unemployment in EEC countries between 1974 and the latest available date.
§ Mr. Golding:Information to the latest available dates is given in the following table:
Percentage change in civilian employment between 1974 and 1977 Percentage increase in the number of registered unemployed between September 1974 and September 1978 Denmark +2.5 185 Italy +2.2 48 Netherlands -0.5 63 United Kingdom -0.7 134 France -1.0 140 Luxembourg -2.0 1,377 Belgium -2.4 154 Ireland -3.2 34 Germany -4.7 55 Source:Statistical Office of the European Communities.