The Rt. Hon. Sir John Major KG CH

Prime Minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1990-1997

Chief Secretary (1987-1989)

Mr Major’s Written Parliamentary Answer on Ryrie Rules – 21 March 1989

Below is the text of Mr Major’s written Parliamentary Answer on Ryrie Rules on 21st March 1989.


Mr. Adley To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will now revise the Ryrie rules; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Major I refer my hon. Friend to the Treasury Paper “Private Finance in Public Expenditure” that I placed in the Library of the House in February 1988 and which explains how policy has developed since 1981.