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Legislative Programme and Budget Statement (Wales)

My right hon. Friend is aware that the Liberals are supporting cuts in departmental spending for education in England and, obviously, in the block grant for Wales, but is he also aware that in Swansea the Liberal Democrats are cutting some £5.6 million out of education? At a time when we should be fuelling growth to cut the deficit, including increasing jobs and skills, is that not completely the opposite of the right strategy—sacrificing our children’s futures for the short-term interests of cost-cutting?