§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will consider introducing a special supplement to the rate support grant that will give extra assistance to areas like Dundee that are suffering from high unemployment.
§ Mr. YoungerAssistance is already available to help provide new employment in companies with a prospect of viability in the long or short term where such assistance is necessary to ensure that the relevant projects proceed. I believe this is a better way to channel resources into areas of high unemployment than to operate through the rate support grant.