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Proceeding contribution from Stuart Bell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 20 October 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Comprehensive Spending Review.

Comprehensive Spending Review

On the Prime Minister's statement which the Chancellor confirmed, the House will welcome the facts that the science budget is safeguarded, that the adult apprenticeship scheme will be advanced, and that £500 million will go into the Tyne and Wear metro and the Tees valley bus network. Following on from the questions of my hon. Friends the Members for Erith and Thamesmead (Teresa Pearce) and for Leicester West (Liz Kendall), since the Chancellor places so much emphasis on fairness, how can it be fair to make 490,000 people unemployed in the public sector and a putative further 500,000 in the private sector? How can that be a sensible policy for growth?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
516 c983 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Child tax credit Compensation Crime prevention Disadvantaged Benefits rules Cost effectiveness Defence BBC Age Contributions Devolution Capital investment Civil servants Development aid Civil list Fares Housing benefit Government departments Interest charges Economic situation Equitable Life Assurance Society NHS Police Local government finance Workplace pensions Public sector Public bodies Public expenditure Pupils Railways Redundancy Non-departmental public bodies Midland Metro Public finance M25 Public sector debt Social security benefits Welfare tax credits State retirement pensions Working tax credit Terrorism Schools Reform Social rented housing Reviews Retirement Science Tyne and Wear Metro Security of tenure S4C Sure Start programme BBC World Service A3 Cuts Employment and support allowance M4 M62 M5 Olympic Games 2012 Presbyterian Mutual Society Departmental expenditure limits Bank levy Green Investment Bank A11 Birmingham New Street Station
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