Public Sector Debt (Hansard, 19 October 1989)

§ 13. Mr. Hague
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the effect on debt interest costs of the public sector debt repayments over the last two years.

§ Mr. Norman Lamont
The Government have made a net public sector debt repayment of £17.9 billion over the last two years, saving over £1½ billion a year in debt interest costs.

§ 86. Mr. Couchman
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the effect on debt interest costs of the public sector debt repayments over the last two years.

§ 111. Mr. Riddick
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is his estimate of the effect on debt interest costs of the public sector debt repayments over the last two years.

§ Mr. Ryder
I refer my hon. Friends to the reply my right hon. Friend the Chief Secretary gave earlier today to my hon. Friend the Member for Richmond, Yorks (Mr. Hague).