§ 46. Ms. Clare Shortasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he will make a statement on the level of unemployment in Soho ward in Birmingham.
§ Mr. Alan ClarkReal and sustainable new jobs will be created in Birmingham and elsewhere as our industries124W become more competitive and sell more goods and services. There are continuing signs that the Government's policies are succeeding in establishing the economic conditions which help them do so. Inflation is down to 5 per cent., interest rates are at their lowest level for five and a half years and output has been rising at about 2.5 per cent. per year since 1981.