The Economy

Part of Orders of the Day — Debate on the Address – in the House of Commons at 4:19 pm on 14 November 1990.

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Photo of Mr John Major Mr John Major , Huntingdon 4:19, 14 November 1990

So far as I am aware, the opening batsman is well played in and will stay there, I hope, for a long time to come.

The current account deficit, to which the right hon. and learned Gentleman referred and in which he has apparently lost interest, so narrow is his span of interest, is now narrowing as a result of the low growth of import volumes combined with a substantially stronger growth of exports.