HC Deb 28 July 1989 vol 157 c1133W
Mr. Austin Mitchell

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the increase in bank lending since May 1979; where the additional funds have come from; what effect he expects the increase in interest rates since the beginning of the year to have on banking profits; and what is his forecast of the increase in revenue to the Exchequer therefrom.

Mr. Ryder

I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to him on 29 July 1988 at columns735–36.