HC Deb 11 December 1996 vol 287 c239W
26. Mr. McAvoy

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what steps she is taking to encourage the creation of more full-time jobs. [7076]

Mr. Forth

We shall continue to develop the policies and programmes which have reduced unemployment by nearly 1 million and increased employment by nearly three quarters of a million since 1993 and which have reduced unemployment in Scotland, Wales and every English region to below the average rate in the European Union.