Economic Inactivity

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 6 January 2010.

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Photo of Mark Harper Mark Harper Shadow Minister (Work and Pensions) 11:30, 6 January 2010

I am grateful for that answer. The Secretary of State recently said in the Welsh Grand Committee that unemployment in Wales may well keep rising for some time during 2010. Has he made any estimate of the level at which he thinks unemployment may peak during this recession?

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