§ Q13. Mr. Tom Clarkeasked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 11 February.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave some moments ago.
§ Mr. ClarkeWas the letter that was sent by the Leader of the House to the chairman of the North Shropshire Conservative Association approved by the Cabinet Committee? Should it not really have been sent to the chairman of the Conservative party?
§ The Prime MinisterI hope that the hon. Gentleman has read the letter. It was a most formidable speech about the excellence of Conservative policies and the necessity for continuity.
§ Q14. Mr. Budgenasked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 11 February.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave some moments ago.
§ Mr. BudgenWhen my right hon. Friend speaks tonight to the National Farmers Union, will she emphasise to it that, once again, European Community expenditure, particularly on the common agricultural policy, is out of control and that the only way in which control can be achieved is by reducing agricultural prices in the EEC?
§ The Prime MinisterI shall be addressing very realistically the need to get down these surpluses and the need for both farmers and the Government to work together to do so. However, it must not be done by discriminating against Britain merely because our family farms are larger than those elsewhere in Europe.
§ Q15. Mr. Terry Fieldsasked the Prime Minister if she will list her official engagements for Tuesday 11 February.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer the hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave some moments ago.
§ Mr. FieldsGiven the Prime Minister's confidence in her economic policies and her platitudes about unemployment, may I ask how she answers the people of Liverpool, where there is escalating unemployment and a twofold attack by the Government on a Liverpool city council that is prepared to provide jobs for people in the Liverpool area?
§ The Prime MinisterIf there are any complaints about the Liverpool city council, they should be made to the council. In fact, I would support many of the complaints that have been made. I have confidence in this 782 Government's economic policy. It is the right policy for Britain, for the creation of wealth and for the creation of jobs.