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Unemployment

Volume 983: debated on Thursday 1 May 1980

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asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will arrange for the recent economic forecast that the unemployment in Wales will rise to 170,000 next year to be investigated by his Department, and if he will take the necessary steps to avoid such an economic crisis occurring.

The report's forecasts are speculative and I do not regard them as a basis for action.