§ 17. Mr. SkinnerTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what are the latest figures for unemployment; and what were the equivalent figures in June 1979.
§ Mr. PortilloOn the seasonally adjusted basis there were 2,389,700 people claiming unemployment-related benefits in January 1995 compared with 1,067,400 in June 1979.
§ 23. Mr. MackinlayTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what further measures he proposes to reduce unemployment in the next two years.
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Government will continue with the policies which created 266,000 new jobs last year, and reduced unemployment by 582,000 since December 1992, and will resist measures which destroy jobs, such as the social chapter, the national minimum wage and a training levy.