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Lord Clarke of Nottingham
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What assessment he has made of the January rise in German unemployment on (a) progress towards European convergence and (b) United Kingdom growth prospects. - Inc figs. (Holding answer 11 February 1997).
What assessment he has made of the January rise in German unemployment on (a) progress towards European convergence and (b) United Kingdom growth prospects. - Inc figs. (Holding answer 11 February 1997).
Asked by
David Shaw
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
12 February 1997
Answered on
12 February 1997
Mr. David Shaw: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the January rise in German unemployment on (a)
progress towards European convergence and (b) United Kingdom growth prospects. [15364]
Mr. Kenneth Clarke: [holding answer 11 February 1997]: German claimant unemployment rose 510,000 to 4,658,000 in January 1997. On a
seasonally adjusted basis, it rose 160,000 to 4,317,000. The Government take the view that it is unlikely, although not impossible,
that there will be sufficient convergence for economic and monetary union to proceed safely on 1 January 1999. The UK recovery is
broadly based and growth is forecast to continue to be faster than in our major European competitors.
Subjects
Germany; Economic and monetary union; Economic growth; Unemployment
Date
12 February 1997
Reference
15364; 290 c196-7W
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the factors, with special reference to fiscal and monetary factors, which have contributed to the United Kingdom's fall in unemployment since its peak.
What assessment he has made of the factors, with special reference to fiscal and monetary factors, which have contributed to the United Kingdom's fall in unemployment since its peak.
Asked by
David Congdon
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
28 November 1996
Answered on
28 November 1996
Subjects
Social chapter; Unemployment
Date
28 November 1996
Reference
286 c446-7; 4857
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Asked by
David Congdon
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
What assessment he has made of the factors, with special reference to fiscal and monetary factors, which have contributed to the United Kingdom's fall in unemployment since its peak.
Subjects
Social chapter; Unemployment
Date
28 November 1996
Reference
286 c446-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Taxation; Unemployment
Date
28 November 1996
Reference
286 c447-8
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Social chapter; Unemployment
Date
28 November 1996
Reference
286 c446-7
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House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Statement on what changes to labour market statistics the Director of the Office for National Statistics will introduce following the Steel Report. - Includes figures and ref to Govts response to Employment Committees report sent earlier to its successor, Education and Employment Committee.
Statement on what changes to labour market statistics the Director of the Office for National Statistics will introduce following the Steel Report. - Includes figures and ref to Govts response to Employment Committees report sent earlier to its successor, Education and Employment Committee.
Asked by
Matthew Banks
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
24 October 1996
Answered on
24 October 1996
Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes to labour market statistics the Director of the Office for
National Statistics will introduce following the Steel report; and if he will make a statement. [191]
Mr. Kenneth Clarke: The Director of the Office for National Statistics has conducted wide-ranging consultation on the Steel report
both inside and outside Government. This showed some support for monthly publication of employment and unemployment and estimates
from the labour force survey, but also doubts about whether the additional £7 million to £8 million annual cost of redesigned and
enlarged survey represented value for money. An alternative option, costing an additional sum of around £200,000 a year, was also
considered based on monthly publication of three-month rolling average estimates from the existing quarterly survey. The benefits of
this in terms of informing macro-economic debate could, however, be diminished by potential problems of misunderstanding estimates
which related not to individual months but to rolling three- month periods.
Accordingly ONS will retain the current quarterly frequency of publication for the LFS. The Government have, however, accepted the
recommendation, in the Employment Select Committee's report on unemployment and employment, that greater prominence should be given
to the results from the existing quarterly LFS. ONS will be developing proposals for enhancing the dissemination strategy used for
the survey in order to achieve this aim.
Further details are set out in the Government's response to the Employment Committee's report sent earlier to its successor, the
Education and Employment Committee.
Subjects
Costs; Employment; Office for National Statistics; Statistics; Unemployment; Labour market; Labour force survey
Date
24 October 1996
Reference
191; 284 c5-6W
House
House of Commons
When he last met the finance ministers of other EEC countries; and what subjects were discussed.
When he last met the finance ministers of other EEC countries; and what subjects were discussed.
Asked by
Jim Callaghan
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
15 July 1996
Answered on
15 July 1996
Subjects
Austria; Fraud; EU enlargement; EU action; EU budget; Economic and monetary union; EU economic policy; Republic of Ireland; Unemployment; European Investment Bank; EC Finance Council
Date
15 July 1996
Reference
36268; 281 c370-1W;281 c370W
House
House of Commons
Statement on the recent Council meeting of the Economic and Finance Ministers of the European Union.
Statement on the recent Council meeting of the Economic and Finance Ministers of the European Union.
Asked by
Matthew Banks
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
For answer on
6 June 1996
Answered on
6 June 1996
Mr. Matthew Banks: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the recent Council meeting of the Economic
and Finance Ministers of the European Union.[32166]
Mr. Kenneth Clarke: I represented the United Kingdom at the Economic and Finance Council-- ECOFIN--of the European Union in
Luxembourg on 3 June.
At the start of the meeting we reminded the Council that the Prime Minister had made it clear that until there was agreement to lift
the export ban on beef derivatives, and until a clear framework was in place leading to a lifting of the wider ban, the UK could not
be expected to continue to co-operate normally on other Community business. As a result, the UK could not be expected to agree
decisions requiring unanimity.
I later made clear that the UK would not be able to agree the common position on the regulation on the protection of the Community's
financial interests although the UK supported the regulation. I also put down a general reserve on a proposal for a directive for a
common system of VAT on agricultural outputs.
I, along with the Minister of State at the Department for Education and Employment, attended a joint lunch with other EU Finance
Ministers and Social Affairs Ministers at which we discussed the importance and priority of tackling unemployment.
As preparation for the forthcoming Florence European Council, the Council considered a report on progress to date in preparing for
stage 3 of Economic and Monetary Union, an interim report on follow-up to discussion of employment at previous European Councils--a
substantive report is due for the Dublin European Council--and a draft of the broad economic policy guidelines for the Community and
member states.
The Council decided to reinstate the excessive deficit decision relating to Germany and to abrogate the excessive deficit decision
against Denmark. The Council did not reach agreement on a proposal to extend the European Investment bank mandate to lend to Asia
and Latin America. The Council was consulted on the recommendation by the European Monetary Institute Council for the appointment of
a new president of the EMI and briefly considered a paper on pension reform in the EU and central and east European countries in
preparation for the structured dialogue at the 8 July ECOFIN.
Subjects
Exports; Food; EU economic policy; Unemployment; Beef; EU external relations; European Monetary Institute; EC Finance Council; Agricultural products
Date
6 June 1996
Reference
32166; 278 c514-5W
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Germany; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c441
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c441-2
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Jacques Arnold
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
What are the current rates of economic growth and of unemployment in Britain; and what are the comparable figures for other European Union countries.
Subjects
Social chapter; Economic growth; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c436-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Tim Devlin
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
What is the current level of unemployment; and what assessment he has made of the level relative to those of other European Union countries.
Subjects
Economic growth; Young people; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c436-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Economic growth; Young people; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c436-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Social chapter; Economic growth; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c436-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Asked by
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
What assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of increases in levels of job insecurity.
Subjects
Economic growth; Unemployment; West Midlands; Negative equity
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c440
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Economic growth; Unemployment; West Midlands; Negative equity
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c440
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Economic growth; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c438-9
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Type
Oral answers to questions
Subjects
Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c441
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of increases in levels of job insecurity.
What assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of increases in levels of job insecurity.
Asked by
Jim Cunningham
(Labour)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
7 March 1996
Answered on
7 March 1996
Subjects
Economic growth; Unemployment; West Midlands; Negative equity
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
273 c440; 17621
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons
What are the current rates of economic growth and of unemployment in Britain; and what are the comparable figures for other European Union countries.
What are the current rates of economic growth and of unemployment in Britain; and what are the comparable figures for other European Union countries.
Asked by
Jacques Arnold
(Conservative)
Answered by
Lord Clarke of Nottingham
(Conservative)
Answering body
Treasury
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
For answer on
7 March 1996
Answered on
7 March 1996
Subjects
Social chapter; Economic growth; Unemployment
Date
7 March 1996
Reference
17617; 273 c436-7
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
House
House of Commons