Is my hon. Friend aware that the Government's supply-side measures on employment, which include the new deal and intermediary agencies, are probably among the best that I have witnessed in 30 years in politics? They are also producing the highest employment rates that we have had for 30 years. However, is my hon. Friend also aware that the employment rate in the south-east is 79 per cent., compared with only 67 per cent. in the north-east? If we are to achieve the one nation that the Government want—I share their ambition in that respect—do we not need a more even spread of prosperity?