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Proceeding contribution from Lord Brooke of Sutton Mandeville (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Monday, 29 November 2010. It occurred during Ministerial statement on Autumn Forecast.

Autumn Forecast

My Lords, while enjoying the historical intervention of the noble Lord, Lord Soley, does my noble friend recall the remark of the Leader of the House in the wind-up to the Queen's Speech debate of 1951 when he said that all incoming Governments find skeletons in the closet, but his Government had found them swinging from the chandeliers? Secondly, does he recall the conduct of Mr Butler's economic policy between 1951 and 1955? Finally, does he remember that at the 1955 general election the Conservatives tripled their majority?

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
722 c1297 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Business Corporation tax Borrowing Fiscal policy Economic situation Economic and monetary union International Monetary Fund Economic growth Inflation EU grants and loans Forecasts Public sector Patents Redundancy Public finance Public sector debt Republic of Ireland Unemployment GlaxoSmithKline Foreign loans Office for Budget Responsibility Overseas loans
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