Unemployment

HC Deb 02 May 1990 vol 171 cc582-3W

49. Sir Hector Monro

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last discussed unemployment with the Scottish Trades Union Congress.

Mr. Rifkind

I met the general council of the Scottish Trades Union Congress on 10 November 1989 for a discussion of economic issues, including unemployment. I called attention to the sustained improvement in the Scottish economy in recent years which has seen unemployment fall to its lowest level since 1980.