Part of Orders of the Day — Queen's Speech – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 7 December 1954.
They have been persistent in the unending representations which they have made to Her Majesty's Government, and in fact the figures of unemployment in Northern Ireland have fallen very considerably during the last two years, as my hon. and gallant Friend the Member for Down, South (Captain Orr) pointed out in a speech the other day. The right hon. Gentleman can rest assured, as can my hon. Friends, that this problem is constantly before us and that we are working, together with the Government of Northern Ireland, to see what can be done to deal with this sad and grievous situation.