§ Mr. Shoreasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what is his estimate of the first and second year employment effects of his decision to increase the national insurance employee's contribution by 1 per cent.;
(2) what is his estimate of the first and second year employment effects of his decision to reduce the national insurance surcharge by one point;
(3) what is his estimate of the first and second year employment effects of the measures announced in the Budget to reduce energy costs to industrial consumers;
265W(4) what is his estimate of the first and second year employment effects of the construction package announced in the Budget.
§ Sir Geoffrey Howe[pursuant to his reply, 19 March 1982, c. 224–225]: It is not the practice to publish estimates of the effects on employment of the individual measures announced in the Budget Statement. I refer the right hon. Member to the reply given to the hon. Member for Glasgow, Maryhill (Mr. Craigen) on 12 November 1981.—[Vol. 12, c. 129.]