HC Deb 26 May 1988 vol 134 c332W
14. Mr. Jim Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he intends to announce further proposals for job creation in west Belfast and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Needham

As my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Northern Ireland told the House on 28 April the Government are considering what additional steps, in which the private sector must have a major role, could be taken to strengthen economic activity in west Belfast. However, the biggest single boost to job creation would come from a renunciation of violence.