Industry and Employment

Part of Opposition Day – in the House of Commons at 5:02 pm on 29 April 1999.

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Photo of Stephen Byers Stephen Byers Secretary of State, Department of Trade and Industry 5:02, 29 April 1999

The right hon. Gentleman made a deliberate slip there. He said that he supported everything that the leader of the Conservative party had said. I had referred to the deputy leader. Does he agree with all that the deputy leader said in his speech last week? Yes, or no?

There we have it. The right hon. Gentleman has deliberately failed to put it on the record that he agrees with the points made by the deputy leader of the Conservative party, specifically referring instead to the speech made by the Leader of the Opposition yesterday evening. That clearly exposes the fundamental division in the Conservative party.