§ 12. Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the unemployment in the United Kingdom textile industry, with particular reference to the cotton and allied sectors mainly located in the North-West region.
§ Mr. Jim LesterOn 10 May 1979 there were 27,408 unemployed people in the United Kingdom who last worked in the textile industry, of whom 4,697 were in the cotton and allied sectors in the North-West.