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Mr. MacKenzie
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make an estimate of jobs created in Scotland as a direct or indirect result of work done in the North sea oil and gas fields.
Mr. Younger
It is estimated that at mid-1984 between 91,000 and 107,000 jobs in Scotland were due directly or indirectly to North sea oil and gas activity.