Part of Oral Answers to Questions — European Community – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 January 1976.
It is no great joy to say that the position in Wales, the North of England or the North-East is worse than that in Scotland. What it demonstrates is the effect upon the Scottish economy of the world recession. It is towards that and towards United Kingdom policies to deal with the whole country that we must bend our minds