§ Mr. Sheldonasked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assurances he gave Sir Stanley Morton on Wednesday 4th April in relation to Government action regarding interest rates in three months' time.
§ Mr. NottIt is not the practice of the Government to give assurances about the future course of interest rates. As my right hon. Friend made clear in his Budget Statement, this will depend above all on our success in slowing down inflation.