To ask the Prime Minister if he will make an official visit to North Yorkshire.

I am making plans for a series of visits to all parts of the country and very much hope to include North Yorkshire among them.

Will my right hon. Friend encourage those banks and building societies that are offering mortgages to home owners in North Yorkshire to extend the facility to European currency unit mortgages, thereby reducing the interest rate by some 3 per cent?

Banks and building societies have the capacity to do that at present. It is a matter for their judgment whether they do so and for their mortgage borrowers whether they seek such a facility.

In the course of his visit to North Yorkshire, will the Prime Minister take note of the importance of the link from the A1 servicing North Yorkshire to the M1 to ease the congestion of traffic on the A642 through Oulton and Rothwell?

I will do better than that; I will tell my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport what the hon. Gentleman has said.

Prime Minister, are you aware—[HON. MEMBERS: "No."] Are you aware—

Order. I have sympathy for the hon. Member. Give him a fair hearing.

Prime Minister, are you aware—

Why not proceed with the question? I think we have got the first bit.

Is the Prime Minister aware that my eldest son, Clive, signed on for the Gulf last week, and this week—

Order. Did he do it in Yorkshire, that is the point?

Is this not more commendable than the behaviour of a lot of yellow-bellied Labour MPs?

The hon. Gentleman absolutely spoiled a good opportunity.