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Proceeding contribution from William Cash (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 8 June 2010. It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Economic Affairs and Work and Pensions.

Economic Affairs and Work and Pensions

I do not want to disappoint the shadow Chancellor, but I am much more interested in the reasons why, when he was Chancellor—despite the tissue of self-justification that we have just heard—he was never prepared to refer to the true level of debt. He said that no Conservative raised it, but a number of us raised the true level of debt from 2008 onwards. Does he deny that the true level, according to the Office for National Statistics, is £3.1 trillion and not the amount that he has been stipulating over the past few months?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
511 c193 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Poverty Children Cost effectiveness Bank services Banks Bank of England European Union Financial services Financial Services Authority Economic situation Economic growth Public expenditure Nationalisation Unemployment Regulation Economic recession Social security benefits Public sector debt Social security Reviews Cuts World economy Office for Budget Responsibility Living wage
Link
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