HC Deb 18 January 1990 vol 165 c345W
51. Mr. Devlin

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the present state of the economy in the north-east of England.

Mr. Norman Lamont

The Government's economic policies have created the conditions for greatly increased prosperity in the north-east. The fall in the unemployment rate over the last year has been one of the fastest in the United Kingdom.

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