Employment (Older Men and Women)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 6 March 1959.

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Photo of Mr David Williams Mr David Williams , Neath 12:00, 6 March 1959

I intend to follow the remarks of the hon. Member for Widnes (Mr. MacColl). How grateful the people of Lancashire must be that we have a Conservative Government in this country and that the unemployment figures are within the 3 per cent. unemployment laid down by Lord Beveridge in his Report as representing full employment. I remember when we had a Labour Government in 1929. By the time that Government had been kicked out, in 1931, unemployment figures had reached 3 million.