Orders of the Day — The Economy

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:04 pm on 18 July 1994.

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Photo of Kenneth Clarke Kenneth Clarke The Chancellor of the Exchequer 5:04, 18 July 1994

The debate began with the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Mr. Sheldon) suggesting that we should have two days of economic debate, because we had not discussed the economy since November. The hon. Member for Dunfermline, East (Mr. Brown) went through the motions of pretending that he had been champing at the bit to talk about the British economy since Christmas. He spent 10 minutes not talking about the subject at all. Our monetary policy is clear. Can we take it that he has confirmed this afternoon that he has no views on the British economy, no economic policy, and no interest in debating the subject at all?