§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what change there has been in the level of employment in Scotland since 1979.
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Number of incidents Year Wildlife Domestic animals Number of victims (baits only) Species involved Number of species Pesticides involved 1984 10 12 2 Eagles 2 Aldrin Buzzards 4 Chloralose Peregrine Falcon 1 Mevinphos Tawny Owl 1 Strychnine Corvids 10 Gulls 4 Pigeons 4 Song birds 8 Domestic animals 17 1985 20 8 4 Eagles 3 Chloralose Buzzards 9 Mevinphos Sparrow Hawk 1 Strychnine Corvids 12 Gulls 18 Pigeon 1 Foxes 2 Domestic animals 13 1986 19 6 2 Eagle 1 Chloralose Buzzards 10 Mevinphos Sparrow Hawks 2 Strychnine Kestrel 1 Herons 6 Corvids 4 Gull 1 Pigeons 2 Fox 1 Domestic animals 13 1987 23 8 7 Eagles 2 Chloralose Buzzards 9 Fenthion Corvids 40 Mevinphos Gulls 3 Strychnine Pigeons 2 Song birds 3 Domestic animals 9 1988 20 9 6 Eagles 4 Bendiocarb Buzzards 7 Carbofuran Tawny Owls 2 Chloralose Corvids 27 Metaldehyde Gulls 6 Mevinphos Pigeons 4 Strychnine Song birds 10 Fox 1 Hen Harrier 1 Domestic animals 11
§ Mr. LangBetween June 1979 and June 1988 the civilian work force in employment in Scotland is provisionally estimated to have fallen by 77,000, but in the most recent five years there was an increase of 106,000. These estimates are subject to revision when the results of the 1987 census of employment become available.