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Proceeding contribution from Sheila Gilmore (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 22 November 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill.


Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill

I was thinking about the public debates on television involving the Chancellor and the would-be Chancellors. I recall what the Liberal Democrat spokesman on finance said, and he put forward a completely different perspective from the current Chancellor. There was no agreement. Members on the Government Benches may disagree with what I am saying, and I am happy for them to do so because that is legitimate in politics. We have a different view of how to do things, but that does not mean that our view is so unreasonable that we are not even allowed to put it. We are hearing that we are not allowed to argue any of these points and that we are not supposed to say that we would make different choices. The Minister gave this one away when he said that these measures would not really harm people; he said that the saving gateway had not even started and so nobody was being harmed, which is why it is an easy cut.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
519 c127-8 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disability Children Children in care Child trust fund Eligibility Grants Individual savings accounts Pilot schemes Personal savings Low incomes Northern Ireland Poverty Pregnancy Scotland Wales Saving gateway
Legislation
Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill 2010-12
Link
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