To be asked, at a time when the most prominent thing in the mind of every intelligent man and woman is that we are nearer the edge of a financial Crisis in the Budget of the nation than we have ever been before, to pile on this expenditure by means of the sentimental advocacy of general humanitarianism—which we believe to be totally misplaced—without the least assistance on the financial question, is to deal with the House of Commons in a manner in which it has not been dealt with before.

The Governor, having tided over the immediate Crisis of the Budget, found it impossible to revert to the normal constitutional arrangement of a Ministry that would enjoy a reasonable measure of stability.

We know that there will be a major Crisis in the Budget in the near future, in any event.

That will push the Common Market into yet Another Budget Crisis within a year.

I do not wish to trench on the issues of the next debate, but it is impossible to have regard to expenditure without making some mention of the CAP, which swallows two thirds of expenditure - 10 times the sum going to the regional or social funds, and the sole source of this year's Budget Crisis because of the staggering 30 per cent.

As the hon. Lady made clear, in the light of the Budget Crisis now gripping the Community, it is admittedly difficult to peer too far into the future.

Sir David Price asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further progress has been made at ministerial level towards an acceptable solution to the Current Budget Crisis in the European Economic Community.

asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further progress has been made at ministerial level towards an acceptable solution to the Current Budget Crisis in the European Economic Community.

Therefore, I hope that Her Majesty's Government will understand again their solemn obligations and not only drat which is the immediate prerogative and preoccupation of the debate-getting through the Budget Crisis and finding a just and fair solution for the United Kingdom.

At the end of their abysmal record the Government are preparing to abdicate on the one negotiating power, the one lever and one spanner in the works that they have - the ability to wreck the system to produce fundamental change by the Budget Crisis.

increase - that would leave him with a shortfall of some £900,000, so there must have been a coming Budget Crisis.

The Budget Crisis which is likely to land on us yet again is, I suggest, the result of years of fudged compromises in the Council of Ministers and of a failure to co-ordinate the policies of the different national Departments involved.

The Budget Crisis in the Community is much worse than the Government will admit.

We must hope that in future there is more that the Government can do to rise to the challenge of a Budget Crisis in Europe and an uncontrollable agriculture policy with all the potential that exists in the 12 nations that make up the Community.

Our presidency saw the Biggest Budget Crisis ever, the biggest budget deficit in the Community's history and, despite the recent agreements that the Minister of State heralded to the House, the biggest agricultural surpluses ever, a European economic report to the effect that unemployment will not fall this year, next year or in the foreseeable future in any substantial way, and a community regional report stating that regional disparities were about the widest ever.

The Minister has received representations from the Leeds western health authority, which faces a Budget Crisis this year.

Members may have felt something missing from their lives this year - the Budget Crisis which normally reverberates around the Community at this time of year.

In 1988, that budget had to cover advance payments which would otherwise have been made in 1987 because of the Crisis in the Budget.

At a time of Great Budget Crisis, MacSharry has produced proposals which would cost more than the 25 per cent.

The poll tax-capping threat is one of the immediate causes of the Present Budget Crisis.

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I do not know whether the Government think that some cuts are justifiable, but what has been cut and what is threatened by SEPA's Budget Crisis include key areas of environmental monitoring, the maintenance of which is essential.

One LEA, facing a Budget Crisis, reduced the extra teaching hours by 50 per cent.

5 million, that immediately creates a Serious Budget Crisis for the Department.

That also means resolving Our Budget Crisis and getting together to agree the new mechanisms for the future.

I do not know how many other Members have received a briefing from the probation officers' trade union - the National Association of Probation Officers - that describes a Budget Crisis at CAFCASs last summer, management cuts this year and a stand-still budget next year.

Iran offered to send $50 million to the Palestinian Authority to alleviate the Budget Crisis after the election of Hamas, when the rest of the international community suspended funding and pressured the Hamas leadership to accept the responsibility of being a democratically elected Government.

On21 December, along with my three Greater Manchester Liberal Democrat colleagues - my hon. Friends the Members for Rochdale (Paul Rowen), Hazel Grove (Andrew Stunell) and Cheadle (Mark Hunter), who I am glad to see are in the Chamber - I met the independent chairman of the police authority, Derek Osbaldestin, to discuss the looming Budget Crisis.

I regret to ask whether it is another casualty of Defra's Budget Crisis.

Finally, Sir Peter Ricketts said in December that the FCO was in discussion with the Treasury about the Budget Crisis.

It surprised and shocked me, but on29 April I picked upThe Economist and read in an article about Arnold Schwarzenegger's Budget Crisis in California that people with cerebral palsy and epilepsy-the combination I have-had "mental disabilities".

The Labour group there tabled a similar motion, and I hope that the same result does not occur in Birmingham, because the Liberal Democrat and Conservative councillors in Sefton decided not to turn up to debate how to deal with the Budget Crisis and the Government's national cuts.

This is having a serious effect on the maritime industry generally and has the effect of making the Budget Crisis within the GLAs even worse because they are trying to bring more money in and actually are bringing in less.

Given the Crisis in the Budgets of social services, will he set up an independent body to look at how much money local authorities require to provide high-quality social care?

The PA currently faces an Acute Budget Crisis.

They are on the front line in dealing with the Budget Crisis, of embracing innovation, providing local leadership and driving the growth and skills agenda.

Can she clarify whether the all-party talks she is chairing are dealing with all issues simultaneously that are causing the stalemate or focusing exclusively on the Budget Crisis?

The agreement sets a path for the Executive to put their finances on a sustainable footing for the future, averting the Impending Budget Crisis which was threatening the stability and credibility of the devolved institutions.

The agreement sets a path for the Executive to put their finances on a sustainable footing for the future, averting the Impending Budget Crisis that was threatening the stability and credibility of the institutions.

In the autumn, Northern Ireland faced a Budget Crisis that was so serious that the very sustainability and future credibility of the institutions was at stake, and we were looking over a cliff at the possibility that devolution would collapse altogether.

On paper, the Northern Ireland Assembly has legislative power, but Westminster has basically said, “Unless you pass a karaoke version of our legislation, we will interfere in the rest of your Budget and create a Budget Crisis.

They are basically saying, “Unless you get your Assembly to pass the legislation that we want in respect of welfare reform, we are going to create budget stress” - which in turn will lead to a Budget Crisis, which in turn will become a political crisis - “as the price of your failure to do so.

The Government adopted a tactic of inducing budget stress, which in turn created a Budget Crisis and has now contributed to a political crisis.

It adopted that tactic because it thought that creating budget stress for the Assembly would force through welfare reform, but that budget stress became a Budget Crisis, and that in turn is feeding a political crisis.

That budget stress became a Budget Crisis, and that budget crisis in turn contributed to the political crisis which the Secretary of State now tells us will be resolved by this Bill and this programme motion.

As a result of the fresh start talks, we have settled a Budget Crisis that was threatening to collapse the institutions.

As I have said, we should welcome the dedicated work of the UK Government and the Northern Ireland political parties to settle a Budget Crisis that was threatening to collapse the institutions and a return to direct rule, which would have been a major setback.