HC Deb 24 March 1988 vol 130 c178W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what effect the Budget proposals will have on manufacturing industries in the north-west region during the remainder of the current year.

Mr. Butcher

Manufacturing industry in the north-west and elsewhere will benefit from the priority given by the Budget to a continuation of steady economic growth and low inflation; and from the additional incentives to effort and enterprise which the reductions in personal taxation will bring.

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