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Unemployment (Greenock And Port Glasgow)

Volume 981: debated on Tuesday 18 March 1980

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55.

Dr. J. Dickson Mahon

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the percentage increase in unemployment in Greenock and Port Glasgow over the comparable figure in 1979 with that of the latest date available in 1980.

Mr. Younger

Unemployment in the Greenock and Port Glasgow employment office areas increased by 17ยท3 per cent. between February 1979 and February 1980.