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the crisis of quantity, which affected the employment problem in the 1960s, was gradually followed - as in a slow process of osmosis - by a crisis of quality, which seemed to reach its peak in the 1980s. In other words, in the meanders of technological evolution made even more tortuous by the growing inflationary phenomenon, as well as by the consequent economic-monetary changes that have affected our balance of payments, a decisive responsibility must be attributed, without the possibility of denial, to the increasingly widespread discrepancy between school and industry. then, in the 1960s, the large orders required manpower in quantity, at such a frenetic pace that they encountered difficulties in finding them; while today, once the hiring rush has ceased, large groups of qualified young people must mark their time at the thresholds of the employment offices; meanwhile the demand is becoming more and more qualified.

No

today there are two types of petrol: unleaded, for cars with catalytic converters, and petrol with a higher lead content, for most cars. by limiting ourselves to increasing the excise duty on leaded petrol (the least ecological one) and excluding this from the calculation of the inflation basket, we would obtain two results simultaneously: we would first of all encourage the purchase of cars equipped with ecological devices, we would lead to a reduction in the pollution and we would increase the differential between the two petrols, similarly to what happens in other European countries. I leave these reflections of mine to the consideration of the government.

No

there would be nothing else. we have to recover from years and years of bad economic and social settings, we have a crazy public debt, we have the highest taxes and our inflation is what it is, the euro has penalized us enormously, the production of our country in In the next few years it will move to other areas of the planet and this will impoverish our Italy even more. the difficulties are therefore enormous, and will be even more so in the coming years; However, I think I can say that what the government has achieved in terms of the first legislative approach is absolutely satisfactory, and if there is a mountain that must be climbed, there is no doubt that it must be climbed starting from the first step, for then ensure that the result is the desired one.

No

and hon. members suggest that we are exempt from such crises, that one reason why interest rates in this country are not only very high in real terms, but are substantially above the current and prospective rate of inflation, is that we have had to maintain the exchange value of sterling? does he accept that if it were not for that, there would be some prospect of earlier economic and industrial recovery and that there is therefore a case for us joining the european monetary system and having some mechanism other than interest rates alone to ensure that the value of sterling is maintained?

No

austerity did not just impact individuals; it also impacted the economy. we know that growth was not what it could or should have been, and the institute for fiscal studies has been quite clear that by 2026, real wagesobviously accounting for inflationwill be at the same levels as they were in 2008. that is what the “party of the economy” has done over almost 20 years to the wages of working people right across these isles.

No

in 2005 06. those are all increases above inflation, but this council has consistently increased council tax by large amounts 12 per cent. in 2002 03; 10.7 per cent.

No

However, if still in December 1992 the extent of bank bad debts was calculated at 5.4 percent compared to the sums lent by the banks, on 30 June 1996 this percentage exceeded 10 percent of the investment. the whirlwind growth of the phenomenon of bank bad debts is a truly serious and alarming fact because it forces productive sectors to bear bank rates much higher than the inflation rate to compensate for the risks suffered by credit institutions. often the phenomenon burdens the generality of taxpayers, as in the case of the so-called reorganization of the Naples bank.

No

Pension increase: none. Taking the inflation rate into account, this means a real minus of 1.7 percent for pensioners. In 2007, their results will be similarly “successful”. The pension increase - one hardly dares to use the word "increase" in this context - will again, at 0.54 percent, lag well behind the general economic development, and after deducting the inflation rate, pensioners will have less in their pockets in real terms . - Dear colleague Schaaf, if you don't manage to make the economic situation of these people worse during this phase of the upswing, then you can only become fearful and anxious about the cyclically expected economic downturns.

No

i do not believe that the conservative party's incomes policywhich has been disowned not only by me but by the conservative partywas a help in these matters. it contained the threshold agreements, and threshold agreements are institutionalised inflation in pay bargaining. i therefore think that the conservatives handicapped the government rather than helping them during their first year. of course i agree, and the government have always said that our objective has to be to get our rate of inflation down to the level of our most successful competitors. we have a long way to go before we achieve thata very long way indeed.

Yes

for many years the medium-term development plan that was used by the cegb was the one thing that set prices for the electricity supply industry that took into account all the costs of new build, and so on. the report dealing with the period from 1986 to 1993 said: on the assumptions upon which these forecasts are based, retail tariff increases over the plan period will be below the rate of general inflation. i put it to the secretary of state that that is certainly not what happened in april this year or what is planned for april next year.

No

I want to spare you what you said here in the German Bundestag in 1981/82: about the use of the Bundesbank's profits, about monetization and about many other things that in the end just mean money creation. Only after my colleague Schäuble complained that tax revenues were falling short due to a lack of inflation did I begin to have a certain suspicion about what could be meant by monetization, the Bundesbank's profits and the many operations that you are planning. I suspect that with your financial policy you have significantly damaged the goal of stability and the credible pursuit of this goal.

Yes

We say this very openly and not with sugarcoating. I hereby declare clearly: 51/2 to 6% price increases are not a goal for us, but a situation that could not be averted with the means currently available. Our goal is to contain price increases in order to bring about a turnaround in price developments this year.

No

in reality, measured in terms of equivalent work units, southern employment decreased in 1999, as demonstrated by the svimez. poverty is fought by reducing the personal income tax levy on incomes by one point, given that inflation takes away not one, but 2.7 percent of those same incomes. true poverty actually remains unchanged and actually grows as a result of your policy against the middle class.

No

i have seen some suggestions for alternatives that are quite open about the fact that they run out after 25 years, on the ground that most people do not live longer than that after retirement, but it would be wrong to go down a route that could lead to a crisis for people at exactly the time in their life when they would least want to be confronted with one. annuity rates have fallen, but so has inflation. lower inflation means that the purchasing power of a fixed-value annuity is now maintained much better than it was in the past. the rates for index-linked annuities are especially interesting.

No

it is always an honour to follow the hon. member for stoke-on-trent central (tristram hunt), even though his arithmetic and his assessment of inflation seem like those of the labour party of the late 1970s.quite often during opposition day debates, purely partisan posturing overtakes thoughtful and reasoned debate. people put partisan politics before making decisions for the right reasons, even if such decisions have to be taken with a heavy heart.

No

Pensioners, who are largely dependent on retirement homes, can no longer pay the increase in care costs resulting from the increase in pension income. The increase in social income is no longer keeping pace with the actual price increase and currency devaluation. fourth.

No

the same joint conference of the three confederations in Italy (6 and 7 April, in Rome) on the reform of the common agricultural policy constitutes a fact which cannot be ignored. in the resolution adopted by that conference there is a convergence of analyzes and proposals with, over time, the agricultural-food problem in Europe is concretely proposed again as a central issue for the effects of inflation, unemployment and the balance of balance of payments. we must see how conditions have changed compared to when the community agricultural policy was launched.

No

we are cutting tax by 4 billion to support the economy this year. we are freezing duty below inflation, increasing tax allowances and tax credits and providing the winter fuel allowance to pensioners. that also means fiscal discipline on public spending in the short and medium terms being prepared to cut waste, improve efficiency and take tough decisions about priorities.in the end, we have to take sensible, serious decisions about fiscal policy just as we need to take sensible and serious decisions about financial stability.

No

On the other hand, the federal government's policy was very successful within a short period of time. The inflation rate is now at a level we haven't seen in over 20 years. Interest rates on the capital market have fallen to their lowest level in seven years.

No

that will add more than 2 billion of extra government spending to help those in most need and to tackle poverty. of the 1.2 billion extra for pensioners, 140 million is above price inflation, as is 180 million of the extra for children.in 1997, we said that we would cut the costs of economic and social failure and we have. despite the downturn in the world economy, employment in the united kingdom has continued to grow.

No

my hon. friend is quite right to mention that the changes are part of a package, which includes higher tax-free allowances, lower social housing rents and wage rises that are significantly higher than inflation. does he agree that we still have not seen a full assessment of the impact of all those changes or of the tax credit changes in research by either parliament or the ifs? i have already given way to the snp and will not do so again.there is currently a 4% increase in wages against a flat inflationary background. the reforms, taken overall, will deliver for working people.

No

it is the first time that legislation has been introduced to reduce by a penny in the pound the pension of the 9 million pensioners in this country. even there the goverment got it wrong, because inflation is now 11.7 per cent. and next month it will be seen to be 12 per cent.

No

it says: the government has, both in terms of expenditure and grant, ended the 1980s in a far more generous mood than it started. talking about inflation, mr. travers says: if authorities budget for 7% inflation, with no change in balances, average rate increases would be closer to 6%-7%. that is a long way adrift of the 35 per cent.

No

olive oil in the 1996-1997 campaign recorded a surplus production, such as to make it necessary to cut the amount of subsidies by 27 percent compared to overall community production. The responsibility for exceeding the quantity of oil produced is not to be attributed to our operators in the sector (production is equal to 445 thousand tonnes) but mainly to Spain, which deliberately doubled its production, exceeding and therefore inflating the market itself. however, since the situation of community controls is not such as to allow the identification of responsibilities, which should penalize only and exclusively the states that consciously produced "overflowing" and therefore in clear excess, our producers also suffer the aforementioned economic consequences , despite not having any type of responsibility in this regard.

No

With the draft federal budget for 1986 and the financial plan up to 1989, the federal government is consistently continuing its course of stability, the health of our national economy and the consolidation of the social security systems. We are successfully combating inflation, and we are expanding freedom for citizens and businesses so that there is more space for productive initiatives, more investments and new, permanent jobs. We are well on the way to finally getting the federal budget back in order.

No

as fairfueluk and many hon. members have shown, motorists are everyone: mums driving to school, children on the bus, pensioners hit by inflation. that is why this is an issue of social justice.

No

so my right hon. friend the chancellor's assurance yesterday that those bad old days were over and that in future child benefit would be uprated with inflation was enormously welcome. the increase in child benefit is equally welcome, although i am puzzled by the form that it took.

No

it was a budget that ignored economics and focused on politics, proclaimed a moral mission for small government and delivered the biggest public spending programme since the 1980s, ignored the impact of brexit, encouraged air travel rather than leading us to net zero, and prioritised cheap champagne over affordable childcare. our alice-through-the-looking-glass chancellor described his plan as heralding “a new age of optimism,”[official report, but the reality for exhausted working families emerging from lockdown is quite different, with prices rising and inflation spiralling, taxes climbing to their highest level since the 1950s, wage growth stagnating and at its weakest since the 1930s, and the government's record on economic growth just dire. labour in government maintained annual growth rates of 2.3%.

No

Leberich would be in accordance with the rule if I asked the question again. So question 12: What total burden will the German economy and private households face as a result of the expected increases in electricity prices in the Federal Republic of Germany and the looming reductions in electricity prices in France as a result of increases in total electricity generation from nuclear power plants from 40 to 70 percent. h.? Mr. State Secretary, do you share my opinion that, on the one hand, electricity price increases are to be expected in the Federal Republic, and on the other hand, in France, electricity prices are becoming cheaper as a result of the increase in total electricity generation from nuclear power plants and that this will have adverse effects on the competitive situation of the German economy and on the security of jobs become?

No

the conservative party has to face up to its responsibility. the conservatives are calling for public spending cuts at a time when every country in europe and the rest of the world knows that we have to inject more money into the economy.as for the future, everybody also knows this is where the serious debate lies that what can happen depends on growth and what happens to inflation, employment and interest rates. there is good evidence that the proposals that we have put forward are working, whereas the proposals that the conservatives have put forward would not work.

No

the argument was that we should hold wage increases by voluntary agreement to a level equal to previous price increases but there were also other elements in the strategy. it was assumed that raw materials and other component prices would not continue to rise on the world markets and thus, if we held wages at the agreed level, productivity gains would mean that the rate of inflation would come down as a result of this higher level of productivity. the strategy was specifically designed to produce a decline in the rate of inflation in 1975 and we were told that then the rate of inflation in 1976 would be down into single figures. that was the totality of the strategy. one has at some point to ask how far the strategy is succeeding.

Yes

friend is absolutely right. as everyone knows, printing money invariably leads to inflation. i am sure that that would be the case if we continued to print money today.i want to address the issue of our dealings with europe, but first let us consider our net borrowing figures.

Yes

figures have been produced by cosla, and i challenge the secretary of state to disown them or to show any inaccuracy. what would be the position in 1983 84 if local authorities simply budgeted for the same amount of expenditure as in 1982 83 but updated the figure to take account of the secretary of state's figures for inflation? even on that figure, the result would be a reduction in services in real terms of between 3 and 4 per cent.

No

the government firmly believes in incomes policy as a fundamental vehicle for making economic development policies credible in the stability. and our intention, therefore, on the one hand to promote every initiative that helps in the continuation of concertation between the social partners, and on the other to govern tariffs in line with the planned inflation rate. the process of consolidating public finances, which began in 1992, continues to bear fruit, but is not finished.

No

friend is right. what business most dreads is a return to the years of tory boom and bust, and a return to the conditions of the late 1980s and early 1990s, when 1 million manufacturing jobs were lost, inflation was in double figures and interest rates peaked at 15 per cent. the people to whom the hon.

No

and if our hearts weren't truly swollen with bitterness, we would smile at the statements of the Honorable Marianetti who, come on! last Sunday, he said that the socialists must assert the reasons of the fight against inflation, the contribution to the economic recovery, the equity objectives which would be the basis of the choice made by the government. they are words, Mr Marianetti!

No

this is something that we must build on in the difficult times ahead. i have carefully read the reference to cash limits on page 9 of the white paper. it mentions inflation after the government's policy for pay and prices. will the right hon. gentleman tell us what is not stated in the white paperwhat rate of inflation has the secretary of state taken into account in calculating the figure of 55 million for cash limits? surely inflation taking place between now and the end of this financial year is reflected in the order for next year, and surely the rate increase orders relate to inflation after the next financial year begins. perhaps my right hon.

No

thus, the proportion of that man's income which is going in tax is 35 per cent. let us next assume one year on that there is a rate of inflation of 10 per cent.

No

it is a delight to see that it puts opposition members in such good humour as i tease them about their inability to come up with anything better. it gives welsh local government an increase greater than inflation. it gives it extra resources to prepare for local government reorganisation.

No

i referred to that precise point in my opening remarks. i contrasted the situation and mentioned the fact that we have high inflation combined with high unemployment, which does not exist in any of the other countries. however, i thought that the hon.

No

interest rates have come down too. that is the best way towards sustained non-inflationary growth. the opposition have no policies and no strategy to deal with inflation, recession or unemployment. why does the secretary of state assume that a firm anti-inflation policy must be accompanied by rising unemployment? he should resist the blandishments of labour and conservative members who believe in devaluation.

No

the rate of destocking is likely to decline as inventories reach the desired lower level. the savings ratio is likely to fall as inflation and inflationary expectations subside. there is generally expected to be some upturn in the world economy.

No

And the theory you put forward that this is an economic problem is also an incorrect statement. It is thanks to their inflation policy, which was accompanied by excessive tax increases in the first few years, that in the years 1974 and 1975 almost 20,000 German companies went bankrupt or filed for settlement proceedings. If you start from what I think is a realistic figure - but I'm happy to be refuted - that each company had 30 employees, then that means that 600,000 jobs were lost in 1974 and 1975.

No

If the chancellor of the most important economy in Europe stands up and says that a low euro exchange rate is fine for him in the interests of exports, then we need not be surprised if the world rates the euro so poorly. you will get the receipt for it; The receipt is namely an increase in the inflation rate in our country. If you look at the fact that we now have an inflation rate of 2.5 percent month-on-month, then you will realize what that means for us and what that means for the little people in particular. and that from the SPD of all people!

Yes

the government recognise the anxiety that people feel about mortgages, and are using the tools at their disposal to limit the rise in rates. we are not an outlier in this regard: as opposition members will know, central banks around the world are raising interest rates to combat high inflation driven by the pandemic and putin's war. given that inflation is the no. 1 enemy, we are focused on delivering the prime minister's pledge to halve it this year.

Yes

it is always tempting to call for interest rate cuts and the easy course, but that carries great dangers. we are not prepared to play fast and loose for some short-term gain, for we know that inflation is the tax which bears hardest on those in society least able to afford it. as inflation falls we are moving out of recession and back to stable growth. the opposition need not just take my word for it.

No

Ladies and gentlemen, the war victims simply do not live off the government's propaganda percentages, but rather on the purchasing power of money, and that has suffered greatly under their time in government. So that people in this august House can think about things from a grassroots perspective, let me say emphatically: the inflation rate hits war victim pensioner households much higher and harder, because rents and the prices for basic foodstuffs, heating, electricity and gas are much harder have increased by more than the average inflation rate of 6%. In small households, prices rose by almost 11 to 12%.

No

no one will follow him. the chancellor of the exchequer is as unconvincing now as a believer in free collective bargaining and monetarism in the attack on inflation as mr. chamberlain was unconvincing as a war leader.

No

i took it that the right hon. member intended to refer to policies which had been so "disastrous" in causing further inflation. the first of these policies, apparently, is the industrial relations act.

Yes

That's not a criticism of you, Minister Borchert, but it is the logical consequence of a wrong agricultural policy. Much more serious than banana price increases are the effects on the GAT negotiations, on world trade and on the German economy and thus also on the export of our agricultural products. It is still unclear today whether the optimism that the government and you, Mr. Susset, are spreading is justified.

No

we are faced with economic rules, in modern times, which upset what we studied at the university. we learned that recession and inflation are alternative terms, and that one began when the other was beginning to fade away; today we know that recession and inflation walk together. first they suggested to us the idea that it was enough to increase investments so that employment would also increase; today it is true - and this is an element that clearly emerges from numerous data - that very often investments, precisely because they fuel a more refined and sophisticated technological process, end up having a negative effect on employment, even if they have a positive effect in terms of strengthening production capacity, and therefore the country's resources.

No

there is no doubt that any government who are serious about reducing the unemployment figure of over 3 million will have to have a strategy for incomes. there is no way in which one can inject the amount of money that is necessary without risking inflation led by wage movements. it is sad that the government have not been prepared to take on that issue. if an inflation tax had to be introduced i did not say that it would, because we would argue for a voluntary income strategy and if we were faced with a choice of having to relax our attempt to reduce unemployment .we would not hesitate to use a tax-based incomes policy. it would apply to nationalised industries.

Yes

- Pressure from creditors has forced a neoliberal economic policy on Brazil. the economy has grown; slowed inflation. However, the average monthly wage of a Brazilian has fallen by a third since 1983, while conversely the monthly earnings of the richest have risen by 18 percent.

No

Dear Minister, contrary to what Mr. Kuban portrayed, we are currently experiencing massive fossil fuel inflation. This means that the rise in energy prices is driven by the spot market prices of gas and oil worldwide.

Yes

i repeat that the select committee came to a unanimous judgment with a tory majority under a tory chairman. explicitly on the government's inflation record, it stated: since its first term in office, the rate of inflation has remained broadly unchanged, and has declined in 1986 mainly because of the steep fall in oil and other commodity prices. domestic symptoms of inflation have been not greatly affected. i remind the chancellor of the exchequer of the figures on which that assertion its based.

Yes

Growth will increase in 1995 not only in Germany, but also in Japan and France. There is calm on the inflation front. Of course, we see the problem of unemployment and the continued high budget deficits in some countries.

No

gentleman is absolutely right, but what was clear from that contributor was the despair at the prospect of a rise of only 70p a week. at a time when inflation is running at more than 2% and is likely to increase, according to the bank of england inflation report published today, that is a very alarming prospect indeed. i will give the hon.

No

as my hon. friend the member for blaby said, it was fixed on the basis of share values of two and a half years ago and there has been no adjustment made for inflation in the intervening period. now the chief secretary comes to the house with something entirely new.

No

it is an offer which also gives them an incentive for further productivity. with all the problems in both energy and counter-inflation, i deeply regret that the miners do not accept the offer and get back to work. [interruption.]

No

gilmour), who said that the budget might have been strong on tactics but that it was short on strategy. the theme of the budget was twofold to restrain inflation and to reform the tax system. in so far as those were the chancellor's objectives, he will probably achieve them, but that leaves many problems unanswered.

No

the second. This lull in inflation over the last few years is increasingly having an impact on jobs. At least 600,000 jobs have been lost in recent years.

No

how right my hon. friend is to point out that our rate of inflation is less than half the best rate ever achieved by the 1974 79 labour and labour-liberal administration. we do not intend to repeat their experience and we have the policies to make sure that we do not. notwithstanding the importance of trying to reduce inflation, does the minister agree that increasing unemployment 8,000 more jobless people in the city of liverpool alone since january this year and the effect on the telecommunications industry of the recent gec announcements mean that he should look especially at ecgd funding? i commend to him early-day motion 209, tabled by the hon.

No

even at best, that part of the government's policy which these orders implement is nothing more than a sticking-plaster patch on a serious wound. nothing has been done to deal with the fundamental problems of structural inflation which are causing so much of our present trouble. i hope that i speak for all my hon.

Yes

Then Eichel Geandreas Storm says: pensions according to financial situation. There wasn't even inflation compensation in 2000. Then in 2001 they switched to gross wage-related pension adjustments and in the following years to a discount for the Riester pension.

No

A few days before the start of the Winter Olympics, the federal government is trying to draw attention to its supposedly great achievements in promoting sport by presenting its sports report. Of course, funding for sports has increased significantly in recent years, Mr. Federal Minister, although the real amounts - you mentioned the increase of 50% since 1969 - taking into account the inflation rates for which you are responsible - just do the math - are very significant lose shine. But the crucial point is that the efficiency of this use of resources still needs to be assessed extremely critically.

No

therefore we will buy less fruit, whose consumption is not rigid, but elastic, and whose price increases. therefore there is this double entry: the increase in the price of petrol which reduces other consumption, and the increase in the price of fruit which also reduces this consumption (then we will see with regard to bananas how these consumptions are reduced not necessary). therefore it was necessary to target these unnecessary consumptions and reduce them because they reached an excessive limit, but it must then be noted that petrol consumption does not change and everything remains as before, except for the meager budgets of the workers who are thus decimated.

No

over a period of two years the total average increase in cap food prices has been 3¼ per cent. compared with current rates of european and world inflation, that is a remarkably low increase. at present, food costs in the united kingdom and elsewhere are rising at a slower rate than other prices. my colleagues are concerned, because they are concerned about inflation. reverting to the bank of england review, has the prime minister noted that company profits have fallen in real terms by about 60 per cent.

No

the hon. gentleman referred to an "inflation-busting" increase, but that increase was linked to the rpi in july plus 1 per cent., which is the working cap that we have imposed on operating companies. at the end of the day, we must decide whether to continue to invest in high-speed equipment, new rolling stock and associated requirements to improve reliability, or to give subsidies to private companies. does the minister not understand how angered rail passengers are by an increase in fares that is way above inflation, at a time of deepening recession? he seems to be a little complacent about that.

No

Consumer prices will only rise by 1% in 1988, not - as originally assumed - by 2%. One percentage point less price increase brings consumers and investors a real gain in purchasing power of DM 13 billion. In addition, there is a relief volume of 14 billion DM through the second stage of the tax reform in 1988.

No

consumers are noticeably relieved. the inflation rate is depressed. Energy costs for industry are falling.

No

it will get 23 billion of public money over the course of the charter to 2027. we cannot justify, in the face of rising inflationary pressures and increasing global energy prices, going to the british public and say, “pay more. if you don't, a bailiff will be at your door.” businesses across the uk are having to tighten their belts. households across the uk are facing inflationary pressures and having to tighten their belts. the two-year freeze on the licence fee means the bbc will be doing the same.

No

Hafele, made it very clear that we consider the recourse to the Bundesbank's profits in the order of 10 billion DM to be wrong, because from an economic point of view, filling budget gaps through profit transfers from the Bundesbank actually means an increase in new debt. If the German Bundesbank sticks to its anti-inflationary money supply policy, which it is obliged to do, it will have to reduce the money supply in other areas accordingly. This affects private investments again, and that is exactly the same thing; it has an anti-effect in securing our jobs.

No

to 25 per cent. inflation while capital gains tax is levied once again on nonexistent increases in real capital? shall we have another year of a selective tax on wealth?

No

lady leaves clause 5, will she explain why the clause is needed? she will recall that section 4(2) of the counter-inflation act reads: the period for which this part of this act" that is, the part imposing pay controls is in force may at any time be terminated by her majesty by order in council. why do we need the clause? the right hon. lady will recall that the counter-inflation act says that an order under subsection (3) shall not be made unless a draft of the order has been approved by resolution of each house of parliament. surely that was just as democratic as that which is proposed now.

No

even with the loss of bruntsfield hospital and elsie inglis hospital, the current round of funding leaves lothian health board with fewer resources than it needs. its resources do not match medical inflation, and that will result in further ward and hospital closures. i understand, mr.

No

i am pretty sure i heard this straight. it is almost as if putin did not invade ukraine, force up energy prices and force up inflation, and it is almost as if the right hon. lady does not think that the rest of europe is going through exactly the same thing.

Yes

we gave previous governments our support for the approval of all non-demagogic measures aimed at combating it. we will continue in this direction, including the approval of the lapsed measures of the <<decree>>; but in order for this action not to become merely repressive, the state must first regulate itself, without pretending to affect real incomes by taxing inflation, which in itself already represents an unfair and surreptitious tax. and the case of personal income tax, for which we urge shortly, as had been assured, a review of the bracket system, to recover the erosion of incomes resulting from inflation. All political parties now agree on this, and therefore it is easy to take action quickly.

No

I forcefully affirm it in this chamber: the game of one foot in and one foot out of the government is unacceptable (applause from the deputies of the Italia Viva group). it is particularly so now, in the midst of an energy crisis, with a conflict on the doorstep of Europe and with inflation that makes the path outlined by the NRRP more difficult. By this I don't mean that emergencies should suffocate politics, on the contrary; it is in these situations that politics must be stronger and more authoritative.

No

the old mechanisms recruited a certain type of staff who may not have had great managerial and creative skills, but nevertheless provided the reliability of knowledge of the procedures. if we move away a little from the only parameter we have, which is inflation - in this field the injustice perpetrated against managers is striking -, we must unfortunately note that we are outside of any market law. the new access criteria for management are fine, but we also risk having very poor management in the future, not up to the needs of the public administration.

No

I only say this because all those who give us these lists will in future expect that they will be presented to the minister in the plenary hall. that is, that inflates. So if you have any more of these lists: today and in general, none will be handed over here in the plenary hall.

No

take, for instance, the decision to uprate the personal allowances by only 6.8 per cent. the very barest minimum required by law which sets the increase by reference to the previous calendar year's inflation rate. as we now know, inflation is nearly 8 per cent., and rising. the real value of the tax threshold has been cut by the clause in the bill relating to relief.

No

that is what we objected to. the higher paid, through the budget, were to benefit by more than the rate of inflation of last year. that is why we were forced into the position in which we found ourselves in committee, supporting the people at the lower end of the scale.

No

the second objective is the reduction of primary needs which, again in 1992, should translate into a surplus equal to approximately 0.6 percent of the gross domestic product. finally adds that the same document conditions these results on compliance with the macroeconomic objectives, and in particular the containment of the inflation rate in the measures indicated by the document of 15 May. I would then like to ask: how is all this possible, if shortly before it was said that those planned rates are underestimated, are unrealistic, are not within our reach?

No

it is a shame that labour hon. members are not supporting the view i have just put forward, because if we really want to solve the problems we are facing it is in everyone's interestcertainly if we want a higher level of sustainable economic growth and a higher level of employmentto get the level of inflationary settlements down so that real wages can be raised for the benefit of the community as a whole. the amendments should be rejected, though the reason for rejecting the first is very different from the reason for rejecting the second.

No

today I am dissatisfied due to the economic crisis and more widespread, more bitter, more acrimonious, more worried than it was before June 13th. the increase in prices has increased the difficulties of the fixed income classes. many workers see their working hours reduced, and begin to convince themselves that the threats of unemployment, which weigh on their future, have arisen from the ironic successes of the hot autumn.

No

the process of economic and political integration is finding it difficult to get going. the rapid changes in exchange rates that occurred following the declaration of parity established at the time by the monetary fund, the increase in the price of oil, the accentuated inflation, the symptoms of economic recession have strongly contributed to reawakening national selfishness which is the antithesis of a common way of living and operating. hence the souring of relations between members of the community.

No

we must also consider unemployment within the community. it is clear that the exchange rate mechanism contributes to controlling inflation. however, one of its consequences is high unemployment.

Yes

our evidence suggests that [interruption.] well, the department for education economists have looked at this in detail, and our evidence suggests that nurseries will be able to pay higher staff salaries and reduce costs to parents.let us remember the legacy of the previous labour government. the real cost of child care, which every family in this country faces, has risen by 77% in real terms since 2003, and child care inflation is going up by 6% every year. if we do not do something about this by reforming the supply of child care, it will become prohibitively expensive and many parents will not beable to afford to go out to work.

No

when we add the national theatres, the real deficit figure for the performing arts is 16 million. will the minister tell the house today whether he believes as we do in the labour party that the arts should receive an increase this year above the rate of inflation? on that will depend whether his time at the dispatch box is happy or unhappy.

No

there is always a negative balancing out the positive in all these areas. if we take inflation, for example, it has gone through the roof at 4.5%. manufacturing output has been a good effort up until the last quarter, but it is now down again.

No

randall) that unemployment will be, and should be, the major preoccupation of economic policy-makers in the 1990s in the western world. however, it is a combination of sound macro-economic policy, sustained growth, low inflation and supply side policies that create flexible labour markets, improved training and education i could address the house at length about what we have done there and active labour market measures that keep unemployed people close to the world of employment, giving them the incentives to get into employment, giving them the support to do so, that will enable us to get ahead, and which are attracting so much international support. i think i have taken quite a long time, with apologies to my hon.

No

i therefore want to raise a number of short and fairly sharp points with the chief secretary and then to draw the conclusion that this kind of exercise will underline the importance in any continuing legislation of ensuring the maximum parliamentary presence, which is not quite the same thing as the maximum ministerial presence. does the counter-inflation (temporary provisions) act, which we are now renewing, apply to agricultural rents? there has been some ambiguity on this point, and i hope that my hon.

No

annual rate that will emerge from the settlement will not be regarded as the norm? will he tell the opposition the extent to which, if one gives people with muscle well above the inflation rate, those without muscle end up either receiving less or with no jobs at all? will he confirm that many water workers made a substantial contribution to maintaining emergency supplies?

No

the carter commission makes it quite clearthis is a point that my right hon. friend the chancellor made from the dispatch boxthat it would not be right, on grounds of justice, to give this benefit to one segment of the population and to protect it from the effects of inflation if we were not prepared to extend the benefit to other segments of the population.

No

We have to save energy now and not reduce taxes, which will also increase energy demand. We have to reduce demand and thus take the pressure out of the boiler against this inflation. So much for inflation. now to the point of relief.

Yes

there is no doubt that such employers have been encouraged by the government through the abolition of the wages councils, the constant emphasis on deregulation, and so on. the blame for inflation is put entirely on high wages. this produces a climate of opinion in which employers can offer wages at the levels i have mentioned.

Yes

for the economic part, an average salary increase of 100 euros for the two-year period 2006-2007 has been decided - which will be paid in three tranches - plus a one-off payment of 320 euros and 130 euros per year to be paid in June 2007 with the performance bonus method for all those who are without company bargaining and only for this two-year period. according to union calculations, the increase of 100 euros per month corresponds to an increase of 6.04 percent, one percentage point higher than the inflation scheduled for the two-year period 2006-2007. for the regulatory part, some elements of flexibility have been introduced.

No

this year, there were record rises in council tax, averaging 8 per cent. in england, which is more than double the rate of inflation. will the right hon.

No

gentleman is making an interesting speech. however, is not a clear consequence of his argument that it is a serious mistake to be setting now the levels of benefits in two years' time, when we just do not know what inflation will be in the meantime? i will speak to amendment 7, which stands in my name.

No

redwood) is one, too. there may still be a few of us who think that there is some connection between money supply and inflation, as was shown by the figures in 2007. to go back to that seems dangerous.the housing market will have to adjust to the problem. that may be painful for some people, though it will be a wonderful opportunity for first-time buyers. for every winner, there is a loser, but the idea that, by taking the steps proposed, we can prop up the housing market at no cost in terms of inflation or future problems is a mistake.between 1997 and 2008 total personal borrowing trebled. it grew at 10 per cent.

Yes