Former MP for South Ribble
Is my right hon. Friend aware that many of the reasons why Isuzu decided to invest in a joint manufacturing operation with Leyland Trucks in my constituency, employing many of my constituents and those of my hon. Friend the Member for Chorley (Mr. Dover), were the reasons that he just enunciated—a low-cost economy that is successful as a direct result of Conservative policies, which must...
Will not waiting lists in Manchester, at hospitals such as the Christie, be considerably helped by the building of the £5.8 million cancer unit at the Royal Preston, which will do a great deal to provide facilities for people in Preston? That will avoid their having to go to the Christie in Manchester, thereby improving the situation of patients both in Manchester and in Preston.
What does my right hon. Friend think will be the painful consequences for Eurofighter, British Aerospace, Leyland Trucks and anyone else who provides defence equipment to our armed forces of a defence review as suggested by the Labour party?
Does my hon. Friend accept that settlements for many areas, and especially Lancashire, have been more than generous for items such as education, largely as the result of pressure from Conservative Members of Parliament, in the face of opposition from incompetent county councils? Where does he think that the money that is being asked for by leaders of Lancashire county council will come from,...
Is not Airbus one of the smartest companies in the aerospace operation, and producing some of the best turned out aircraft, which sell around the world? Does my right hon. Friend recognise the importance of Airbus not only to the country, but to Lancashire in particular, in relation to British Aerospace, Lucas and Rolls-Royce, complemented by the Rolls-Royce factories in and around his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment what recent representations she has received from Lancashire county council about education funding. [11731]
Is it the case that Lancashire county council received a 3·8 per cent. increase this year on top of a 5·5 per cent. increase last year and earlier increases, largely as a result of pressure from the county's Conservative Members of Parliament? Does not the Labour county councillors' whingeing for more money fly in the face of the oft-repeated statements by the Leader of the Opposition and...
Has my right hon. Friend considered the implications of the proposals of the right hon. Member for Dunfermline, East (Mr. Brown) for the military and civil projects of the British aerospace industry, which the Government have supported through thick and thin? They would be prejudiced, if not terminated, if there were a Labour Government.
