UK ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE AND THE LISBON AGENDA

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That this House is pleased with reports from the EU Commission that economic growth across the EU is estimated to be 2.2 per cent. for 2006; notes that the United Kingdom is estimated to have the second largest growth rate in the EU of 2.4 per cent.; calls on the Government to maintain United Kingdom economic growth to sustain the United Kingdom's position as one of the fastest growing economies in the EU; welcomes proposals announced by EU Commission President Barroso for a European Institute of Technology; acknowledges that the Institute is another step in advancing the Lisbon Agenda; and calls on the Government to support the proposal.