§ Q3. Sir David SteelTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 28 November.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer the right hon. Gentleman to the reply that I gave some moments ago.
§ Sir David SteelDoes the Prime Minister accept that any reform of the government of Scotland implies some useful reform of the procedures of this place? As it is now three weeks since the Kincardine and Deeside by-election, when will he respond to our invitation to meet him to discuss these serious matters?
§ The Prime MinisterI have made it clear to the right hon. Gentleman and to the House that we believe that the Union between the United Kingdom and Scotland is important. We have no plans to change it.
§ Q4. Mr. AdleyTo ask the Prime Minister if he will list his official engagements for Thursday 28 November.
§ The Prime MinisterI refer my hon. Friend to the reply that I gave some moments ago.
§ Mr. AdleyDoes my right hon. Friend recall the answer that he gave to my hon. Friend the Member for Saffron Walden (Mr. Haselhurst) on Tuesday about monetary union? He said that he was surprised at the contradictory answers which the House had received from the shadow Chancellor and the Leader of the Opposition on this complex issue. Why was my right hon. Friend surprised?
§ The Prime MinisterI am always hoping for something better from the right hon. Gentlemens although, alas, I rarely get it. The Leader of the Opposition claims that he has been a consistent supporter of the Common Market for years, but everyone knows that he was a consistent and bitter opponent of it for many years. Many of us doubt that he has really changed his mind.