Chamber
Meeting of the Parliament 27 January 2011
27 Jan 2011 · S3 · Meeting of the Parliament
Item of business
Scottish Executive Question Time
Unemployment (North East Scotland)
Finance and Sustainable Growth
The member paints a picture, certain elements of which we recognise. However, from the Dundee standpoint, we are now seeing the £70 million waterfront project, there is the Victoria and Albert at Dundee project, and Aberdeen, Montrose and Dundee are poised to capitalise on their port facilities as regards renewables. Looking at the complete picture, unemployment in the north-east is three percentage points lower than the national average, and just this week it was reported that Aberdeen is best placed to lead the United Kingdom economy into recovery.
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