Finally, is the right hon. Gentleman aware that those of us who represent railwaymen have been told in the last few days that his refusal to doso is the main reason for the Crisis of Confidence That exists in the industry?

We know that the taxpayer has poured vast sums of money into the industry - yet we are still going through that same difficult period that we have been going through for a decade, namely, a Crisis of Confidence That seems to have got worse instead of better.

We have been losing that investment because of the Crisis of Confidence That exists throughout the Continent of Europe and the world today - and if he likes to talk to the Foreign Press Association he will be told quickly enough that there is a lack of confidence.

Education is suffering a Crisis of Confidence That can only be removed by frankness and openness.

Does the Minister accept the importance of urgent decisions and an announcement on further temporary aid to the industry, and on a restructuring plan, if the industry is to survive the Crisis of Confidence That hangs over it and over the ancillary engineering industries related to fishing?

What a Crisis of Confidence That was.

Sir Simon Gourlay has the modesty to accept the Crisis of Confidence That exists currently because of a fear of the unknown - but the Minister shows no such doubts.

Fortunately, I donot detect as yet the growing Crisis of Confidence That exists in the CSA system.

If London had a proper democratically accountablepolice authority, we would not be facing the Crisis of Confidence That exists in every community in London.

What the Secretary of State said today about subsidy is helpful, and it is an advance, but the Government still need to do a lot of work to remedy the Crisis of Confidence That underlies the closure programme and the collapse of asset values.

Does he not recognise that naming and shaming to shift the blame from him creates a Crisis in Confidence That will worsen staff retention in the health service?

Will he tell the Prime Minister that this is not a matter to be dealt with by bluster and braggadocio, but by looking at the Crisis of Confidence That really and genuinely exists in our Civil Service at the moment and acting on it?

Does she recognise the Crisis of Confidence That has been created for international investors in the British film industry by the overnight withdrawal of those tax reliefs?

Worse, they have consolidated public disillusion with Parliament, rather than responding to the Crisis of Confidence That has been referred to so often today-by the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Durham and the noble Baroness, Lady D'Souza, in particular, but also by my noble friend Lord McNally and the noble Lord, Lord Graham.