Employment Policy Priorities

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Education and Employment – in the House of Commons am 1:46 pm ar 21 Chwefror 1996.

Danfonwch hysbysiad imi am ddadleuon fel hyn

Photo of Mr Llew Smith Mr Llew Smith , Blaenau Gwent 1:46, 21 Chwefror 1996

Would the Secretary of State care to comment on statistics that I have received from the Library which show that, since the Government came to power in May 1979, 500 million working days have been lost in Wales through unemployment? The figure for the United Kingdom is 9,400 million days. Will the Minister comment on the effect that that has had on the economy and on those individuals and families whose lives have been destroyed by unemployment?