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Business of the House

The Prime Minister answered questions in the House yesterday on Northern Rock—[Hon. Members: ““No!””] He answered questions yesterday on Northern Rock. But there is one question that remains unanswered. Our position remains absolutely clear—[Interruption.] I have stated this in business questions before. We have to make sure that we have a stable economy, and that the instability that came out of the American sub-prime market did not, through Northern Rock, infect the rest of the financial services industry in this country. So far, that has certainly not happened. We have said what we are doing about this—but what the Opposition have done is to say that they approve of what we are doing one day, and that they disapprove of it the next.