Businesses

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — National Finance – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 18 Ebrill 1991.

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Photo of Mr Norman Lamont Mr Norman Lamont , Kingston upon Thames 12:00, 18 Ebrill 1991

I am grateful to my hon. Friend. I am not sure that I agree with him entirely, however. All the business representative organisations gave the Budget a warm welcome. The president of the CBI said that it was a Budget for soundly based recovery, for saving and for investment". The Institute of Directors said that it addresses the immediate economic ills of business as part of an imaginative long-term fitness campaign". Whatever Opposition Members may say, the Budget received a strong welcome from those who know about business.