Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 12 Mai 1987.
Mrs Margaret Thatcher
The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party
12:00,
12 Mai 1987
I shall be telling them of the economic strength of Britain and the respect in which it is held, that under this Government the people have been able to produce economic growth for seven years, which has generated far more resources for the Health Service, and of a Government who have spread property ownership more widely than any previous Government. I shall point out the negative policies of the Opposition, so vividly set out by Mr. Kilroy-Silk in his book when he
The militants and their ilk in Liverpool are the biggest deterrents to job creation on Merseyside that there have ever been.
The Opposition are the political parties in the House of Commons other than the largest or Government party. They are called the Opposition because they sit on the benches opposite the Government in the House of Commons Chamber. The largest of the Opposition parties is known as Her Majesty's Opposition. The role of the Official Opposition is to question and scrutinise the work of Government. The Opposition often votes against the Government. In a sense the Official Opposition is the "Government in waiting".
