§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the approximate number of children in families affected by unemployment at the nearest available date; and what were the comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Woolwich, West (Mr. Bottomley) on 28 October 1982.—[Vol. 29, c.491–2.]