Therefore, I think we can rightly say that the Crisis in the Finances of this country to which the hon. Gentleman was referring was the National Government.

That being the case, local authorities are faced with a Crisis in Their Finances.

Although these discussions came about mainly as a result of the acute Crisis in the Finances of the United Nations about two years ago, their course has already shown that they are leading to a total re-examination of the structure and purposes of the organisation, and, in particular, the general relationship between the main political organs of the United Nations, the Security Council, the General Assembly and the Secretary-General.

Many students are experiencing a real Crisis in Their Finances.

I particularly congratulatethe hon. Member for North-East Milton Keynes (Mr. Lancaster) on identifying all the key points that are causing a major Crisis in the Finances of the health service.

They face a chronic challenge, and a chronic Crisis in Our Finances.

The right hon. Gentleman talked about reorganisation, but he did not say that the number of managers in primary care trusts rose all the way through to last year in the face of the impending Crisis in Finances over which the Labour Government presided.

He stated that there was not a particular Crisis in the Finances before the banking crisis.