Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 May 1972.
The term "disturbingly large" could apply to Livingstone and Blackburn in West Lothian. But is not the real problem concerned with bringing in industry? Surely this situation has arisen not because of the fault of any local authority but because of the failure to attract subsidiary industry for the motor industry?