I fully accept that many jobs throughout the UK depend on the oil and gas sector. The difference in the north-east of Scotland is the concentration of jobs. It is not just the direct oil jobs that depend on the oil and gas sector; it is not even just the jobs in the wider supply chain. It is the small shops, our retailers, our service providers, our construction companies—our whole economy is heavily dependent on oil and gas, so the ramifications of this go far further than simply just jobs in the oil and gas sector.
North Sea Oil and Gas (Employment)
Proceeding contribution from
Eilidh Whiteford
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 January 2015.
It occurred during Adjournment debate on North Sea Oil and Gas (Employment).
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2014-15
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