Interest Rates (Hansard, 14 March 1990)

§ 109. Mr. Cox
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of interest rates on manufacturing industry.

§ 110. Mr. Darling
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of interest rates on manufacturing industry.

§ 111. Mr. Cummings
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of interest rates on manufacturing industry.

§ 114. Mr. Frank Cook
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of interest rates on manufacturing industry.

§ 116. Mr. Corbett
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the impact of interest rates on manufacturing industry.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
Interest rates have been set at their current level to put downward pressure on inflation. Inflation is the greatest threat to the future prosperity of manufacturing industry.

§ 113. Mr. Fearn
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received from small businesses on interest rates.

§ 115. Mr. Rowlands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations have been made to him concerning the effect of the present level of interest rates on the costs of manufacturing industry.

§ Mr. Ryder
My right hon. Friend has received a number of such representations.