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• Prayers: Education (Vale of Glamorgan) 19 Mar 1997

  My hon. Friend will be aware of the scandalous way in which Conwy county borough council has deceived parents in my constituency. The council claims that there have been cuts in its budget. Will my hon. Friend nail that lie once and for all? Will he tell the House, the country and my constituents how much more cash Conwy county borough council will have to spend in the forthcoming financial...

• Prayers: Education (Vale of Glamorgan) 19 Mar 1997

  Is my hon. Friend aware of a similar scandal in my constituency? Conwy county borough council has told deliberate lies to the schools in my constituency in order to cover up the reason for cutting school budgets. It has calculated the expenditure required for schools and deducted from it the income that schools expect to receive from nursery vouchers. Where in any accounting practice does one...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Inward Investment 17 Mar 1997

  To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what action has been taken to encourage more inward investment in Wales outside the eastern M4 and A55 corridors. [18835]

• Oral Answers to Questions — Wales: Inward Investment 17 Mar 1997

  May I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his announcement of new targets for investment outside the M4 and A55 corridors and in rural Wales? What measures does he propose to enhance the quality of life throughout rural Wales following the publication of the rural White Paper last year?

• Orders of the Day — Opposition Day: Public Responsibility For Social Justice 10 Mar 1997

  Will the hon. Gentleman give way?

• Orders of the Day — Opposition Day: Public Responsibility For Social Justice 10 Mar 1997

  My right hon. Friend has struck at the very heart of the nationalists' argument. Is he aware that, in Wales in 1994–95, the last year for which figures are available, the fiscal deficit was £5.7 billion, and that the total tax take from all sources was £9.9 billion, which means that taxes right across the board in Wales would have to be raised by about 57 per cent. merely to maintain the...

• Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements 4 Mar 1997

  Is my right hon. Friend aware that the rate of unemployment in every constituency in Wales is lower than that in Germany and France? Does he agree that if the United Kingdom were to copy the European social model, as the Dollies opposite would have us do, unemployment in Wales would double?

• Oral Answers to Questions — National Heritage: Arts (Private Sector Sponsorship) 3 Mar 1997

  To ask the Secretary of State for National Heritage what steps she is taking to encourage private sector sponsorship of the arts. [16709]

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