When the nation has passed through Its Present Economic Crisis, there will be plenty of time to restore the rights and privileges of shareholders.

If the Chancellor or the Government in the Budget which was issued yesterday had given concessions in Purchase Tax, and concessions that would have made life for the ordinary workingclass home easier, we trade union leaders could have held that safety valve for months and months ahead, and so helped the country to get through Its Economic Crisis.

I have found considerable willingness to support British suppliers in the interests of helping the country overcome Its Current Economic Crisis.

It will not get Britain out of Its Present Economic Crisis.

Does the noble Baroness agree that there could be a situation in which that power might be exercised, such as one where the Republic of Ireland decided to switch to Central European Time because it was thought that it might assist in relieving Its Current Economic Crisis?

Will the Minister explain why it is the Government's policy to deny Greece a way out of Its Economic Crisis by allowing it to withdraw from the euro and re-establish the drachma?

We could no more stand aside from Europe in Its Economic Crisis than in its military and political crisis in 1914 or 1939.

America has been jerked out of Its Economic Crisis by abundant cheap energy becoming available for industry, which has brought prices down and made it far more competitive.