§ 22. Mr. Adleyasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on trends in unemployment in Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries for the last three months for which statistics are available.
§ Mr. TebbitSeasonally adjusted unemployment has been rising in nearly all Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development countries. Comparing the latest three months with the previous three, unemployment has risen by 18 per cent. in Germany, 11 per cent. in the United States, 10 per cent. in the Netherlands, 7 per cent. in Canada, and 2 per cent. in the United Kingdom. Rates of increase have also been greater than the United Kingdom in Austria, Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Belgium and Sweden.