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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 12 February 1987.

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Photo of Mrs Margaret Thatcher Mrs Margaret Thatcher The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 12:00, 12 February 1987

This is partly because Scotland has quite a number of Christmas school leavers. Unemployment is coming down in Wales, the north-west and the west midlands more rapidly than elsewhere. The hon. Gentleman is well aware that there are occasions when jobs are available at lower wages, and if higher wages are asked that leads to the extinction of those jobs and people becoming unemployed. So the price of jobs does matter.