Orders of the Day — The Economy, Pay and Prices

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 22 May 1979.

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Photo of Mr Thomas Urwin Mr Thomas Urwin , Houghton-le-Spring 12:00, 22 May 1979

Now that the right hon. and learned Gentleman is on the subject of expenditure cuts, I am sure he will recall with clarity, as I do, the catastrophic effect on jobs following the massive public expenditure cuts by Chancellor Barber in the earlier period of Conservative government. Will he now tell the House how much unemployment is likely to arise as a result of the massive cuts which he now proposes to make, and to which he has referred repeatedly this afteroon?