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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 8 July 1963.

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Photo of Miss Peggy Herbison Miss Peggy Herbison , Lanarkshire North 12:00, 8 July 1963

Surely the Minister must agree from the two figures which have been given that there has been a great fall in the number of insured workers in this area? Is he also aware that this is due to the fact that every colliery in the area has closed and that 12 years of the Tory Government have failed to provide employment in their own area for people who would like to live in an area which is famed in Scotland for its community spirit and its worth-while ness?