Prime Minister (Engagements)

Part of Oral Answers to Questions – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 24 July 1980.

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Photo of Mrs Margaret Thatcher Mrs Margaret Thatcher The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 12:00, 24 July 1980

The short answer is "No, Sir". The hon. Gentleman forgets that during the lifetime of the previous Labour Government some 700,000 manufacturing jobs were lost, car production fell by over 30 per cent. and steel production by over 6 million tonnes a year.