Orders of the Day — Unemployment

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 July 1978.

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Photo of Mr Barney Hayhoe Mr Barney Hayhoe , Hounslow Brentford and Isleworth 12:00, 24 July 1978

—but the present levels of unemployment are having psychological effects and creating deep social strains which may serve us ill in years to come.

In the 30 years that I have been in politics the message from the Labour Party and some trade union leaders has been that it is the Conservative Party that wants to create unemployment—