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Comprehensive Spending Review

We are seeing a paradox in the position taken by Government Members. On one level they speak for a certain ideological doctrine, but on another they will not tell us where they wish the cuts to fall. For example—[ Interruption. ] I do not know which schools Government Members attended, but mine was much better in terms of discipline. Let me remind Conservative Members that we have a Welsh Assembly—even though most of them did not want it—where they have a leader of the Welsh Conservatives. He now thinks that it would be totally acceptable to have a 20% cut in education. Will they tell us which schools they want the cuts to fall on? No, they will not. We see a total contradiction. Does the former Secretary of State agree?