Manpower Services Commission

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Employment – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 23 January 1979.

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Photo of Mr Harold Walker Mr Harold Walker , Doncaster 12:00, 23 January 1979

I answered the hon. Gentleman's question. I will now try to answer his other and different question by saying that I thought the Opposition were fully in support of the Government in introducing a programme of special measures to diminish the effects of unemployment. Currently, 255,000 people are benefiting from those programmes.