Our part of it is slightly worse because, within the Overall Crisis, we have certain peculiarities, to which the hon. Gentleman referred when he talked about deindustrialisation and because of our failure to regenerate our industry when we should have been doing so.

At a time of Overall Crisis and reduction of external finance limits for nationalised industries as a whole quite rightly, whilst I am defending the decisions we take - I am not criticising them - we have been generous to British Rail and eased, so far as was practicable and consistent with our duty to the taxpayer, the constraints it has been under at a time of difficult recession.

we think that it is doing excellent work, but the figures themselves on the Overall Crisis are illustrative.

We support the fund; we think that it is doing excellent work, but the figures themselves on the Overall Crisis are illustrative.

The local health authority and trust managements have failed to take effective action and assume responsibility for the various on-going crises and for the Overall Crisis.

The House should consider this Bill in the context of a Terrible Overall Crisis.

Although broad recruitment figures across the three services may not demonstrate an Overall Crisis, and some successful measures have been taken to improve recruitment to pinch-point trades, I maintain that the challenge to the Army of recruiting new soldiers has become severe.