Early day motion · EDM 525 · 13 Feb 1997

ACCURACY OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES

Tabled by Mr David Shaw (Conservative) 1 signatures

The motion

leave out from `the' to end and add `Opposition's failed attempts to discredit the unemployment figures produced by independent civil servants; notes that the international comparison methods of unemployment produce broadly similar figures; acknowledges reports that Germany excludes two million people on special schemes from its unemployment figures; and further notes that on any comparable basis unemployment in Germany and France is significantly more than that in the United Kingdom with unemployment in Dover half that of Calais.'.

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