39.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the current level of interest rates.
42.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on United Kingdom interest rates.
55.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will make a statement on the recent movement of interest rates.
60.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received about the level of interest rates; and whether he will make a statement.
Bank base rates are 9½ per cent.
61.
asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer how current interest rates in the United Kingdom compare with similar rates in the United States of America, West Germany, France and Japan.
In the United Kingdom, just as in the other G5 countries, interest rates are held at the level necessary to maintain appropriate monetary conditions.