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Proceeding contribution from Chris Huhne (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 31 March 2009. It occurred during Debate on The Economy.


The Economy

I am grateful to the shadow Chancellor for giving way. Given what he said about the German position, how does he explain the fact that the German general government-to-debt ratio was substantially higher at the beginning of this recession than ours was—in fact, it was a matter of some 20 percentage points of GDP?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
490 c807 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Debts Banks Capital investment Credit Bank of England Government assistance Financial Services Authority Economic situation International Monetary Fund Loans Regulation Tax avoidance Taxation Economic recession G20 World economy
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk