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Prospects

Volume 931: debated on Tuesday 10 May 1977

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asked the Secretary of State for Employment what is his present estimate for future unemployment trends in the United Kingdom and Scotland, respectively.

In the light of the economic prospects to mid-1978 published in the Budget report and of the likely continuing increase in the number of people seeking work, I see little likelihood of a

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