At a time of serious economic recession and Crisis in the United Kingdom, with low growth and rising unemployment, and when our own infrastructure and public services are in need of massive injections of public expenditure we must not shirk asking ourselves whether this great burden is sustainable by Britain on its own and whether, before long, the burden will become unacceptable to the British people.

Farming is in Crisis in the United Kingdom, in Europe and in north America.

I also welcome the opportunity to debate the whole farming issue and the Crisis in the United Kingdom.

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to say that there are unique features to the Crisis in the United Kingdom, but the crisis itself is not unique to the United Kingdom.

The Financial Services Authority could have acted more quickly in respect of Northern Rock, and there are other aspects of the Crisis in the United Kingdom that we need to examine, but I believe that the main responsibility lies elsewhere.

The Crisis in the United Kingdom doubled the national debt in just a few years".

Precisely because we are at a moment of economic Crisis in the United Kingdom, the decisions and tone of government must reflect a sense of what it is to be a civilised society.

The Crisis in the United Kingdom is the first one and the eurozone crisis is the second.