HC Deb 06 June 1985 vol 80 c189W
Mr. Gould

asked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will set out the basis of the assertion by the Minister of State, the hon. Member for Kingston upon Thames (Mr. Lamont), on 1 May, Official Report, column 246,that every 1 per cent. increase in import penetration costs British industry 250,000 jobs.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The correct figure should have been 80,000 jobs.