Certainly anybody listening to the Prime Minister's remarks would not feel that the country was facing a Devastating Crisis and very real problems.

We should bear in mind that, despite all that has been said about the agreement, we are still talking about the textile industry in the midst of a Devastating Crisis.

Scotland faces a Devastating Crisis, and it is wrong for any hon. Member to seek to underestimate, belittle or reduce the severity of the crisis in the public mind.

A Devastating Crisis is building up in community care.

May I also take this opportunity to praise, as the Secretary of State has done, the efforts which have been made by all involved - statutory services, local council people and the voluntary sector - to tackle the Devastating Crisis which now faces the Shetland Islands.

The countryside is facing a Devastating Crisis.

In regions where foot and mouth is a Devastating Crisis, they should treat it accordingly.

Last Thursday, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs gave an interview to the Financial Times in which she warned against farmers believing that the Devastating Crisis was totally over.

Nevertheless, as I made clear in my introductory remarks, in light of the Current Devastating Crisis, that is not the appropriate way forward in the short term.

The reason why the banks have been reluctant to lend is because they have been at the centre of This Devastating Crisis.

International support from DfID, but also from the World Bank, IMF and UN, will be critical in supporting Sierra Leone and the wider region to recover from This Devastating Crisis.