Official Visit

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Duchy of Lancaster – in the House of Commons am 12:00 am ar 3 Mehefin 1991.

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Photo of Mr Chris Patten Mr Chris Patten , Bath 12:00, 3 Mehefin 1991

As my hon. Friend knows from his successful experience in Chelmsford, very few people seem to know what Liberal Democrat policies amount to, as that party customarily stands for a sort of a sanctimonious popularism, which means that its members are in favour of whatever they think is immediately popular on the side of town where they are standing for office. I hope that more people in the Ribble Valley, as elsewhere in the country, will now know that two things for which the Liberals certainly stand are higher income tax and a 50 per cent. cut in our defence programme.