Proceeding contribution from Clive Efford (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 July 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Finance Bill.
Finance Bill
I am very grateful to the hon. Lady, but will she accept this one point? Throughout the debate her party has argued that the state is too big. Everyone accepts that the Budget will cut the size of the state so that in six years, it will be smaller as a proportion of GDP than it was in 1997. Does that not suggest that it is an ideological move, and on that basis does she not accept that if the Tories had been elected in 1997, they would have come in cutting?
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- 2010-12
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- Annuities Economic situation Economic growth Forecasts Pensions Public sector Public expenditure Unemployment Public sector debt Tax allowances Taxation VAT Uprating Cuts Office for Budget Responsibility
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- Finance Bill 2010-12
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