Former MP for Norwich South
Given the increase in E. coli infection foreshadowed by the report, why did the Minister subsequently cut by £2 million the funding for food safety research being carried out by the food research institute in Norwich, which specialised in examining the causes and effects of E. coli poisoning?
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Why have the Government recently cut £2 million from the budget of the Food Research Institute in Norwich, when that institute was a pioneer in studying the causes and effects of E. coli infection? In retrospect, was that not a mistaken judgment?
Did the conference take a position on the trade in armaments with oppressive regimes, such as Burma and Indonesia?
My right hon. Friend has given examples of the impact of the increases of taxation on ordinary families. Surely the most telling statistic is that in 1975 there were 920,000 children living in homes below the poverty line as defined by the Department of Social Security, and today that figure is 2.9 million. That comparative statistic surely puts into the shade the Deputy Prime Minister's chat...
The Deputy Prime Minister has failed to mention that the Housing Corporation's budget has been cut from £1.8 billion two years ago to £600 million in the coming year. He has also failed to admit that the total number of houses built for rent will be some 20,000 in the coming year, and fewer in later years—despite the fact that the Government's own target was for 60,000 a year.
Vauxhall had plenty of assistance to relocate on Merseyside not long ago.
The right hon. Member for Worthing (Sir T. Higgins) suddenly struck a chord with me: I am now tempted to talk about budgetary reform, which I was not going to do. I am pleased to say that I advocated a unified autumn Budget and resource accounting to the Procedure Committee in 1969. I have found in the past that my public accounting proposals take about 25 years to come to fruition, like...
