May I ask him, therefore, if the Government will call a conference of representatives of the employers and trade unions to discuss what methods can be used to deal with the Gathering Crisis?

Our present planning of expenditure on universities has not gone beyond 1971–72, but the universities not less than the schools must be aware of the Gathering Crisis, a worldwide crisis, in providing the resources for education.

I think that it is time for the House to discuss the Gathering Crisis of British Leyland, which is now forecasting losing £340 million this year - the same amount as last year.

I urge the Government to take the one specific action that is within the parameters of their policies - I do not always agree with them-that could significantly alleviate the Gathering Crisis.

Is the Leader of the House aware of the fresh warnings of the Gathering Crisis in research and development in this country?

There is a Gathering Crisis in the steel industry in Europe, and the Government appear not to wish to know about it.

I suggest that the House should not adjourn before we have had further opportunity to discuss the Gathering Crisis that hangs over the pensions of many people who depend on personal pensions.

It reveals the lack of openness in the newly generated RDAs, which will compound the Gathering Crisis in agriculture.

There is visible evidence day by day that the Gathering Crisis is growing.

We are not, broadly speaking, challenging the thrust of the Bill and the division; we are challenging the idea that only the Governor of the Bank of England can advise the Chancellor that there is a Gathering Crisis that may involve the use of public funds.