Proceeding contribution from Liam Byrne (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 29 March 2011. It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
I have just gone through them. They involved £57 billion-worth of discretionary action—[Interruption.] The difference between us—[Interruption.] Well, let us take the Secretary of State's own Department. Regarding the £18 billion savings in annually managed expenditure, we said that where there is a temporary switch from RPI to CPI for the next three years, we will support that; where there is a need to reform the disability living allowance, we will support it; and where there is a need to introduce new limits on employment and support allowance, we will support that. We do not think, however, that the Government should introduce reform simply by cutting. They should couple some of those reforms with the need to look again at the support that working families actually need.
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- 2010-12
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- Disability living allowance Alcoholic drinks Business Corporation tax Apprentices Budgets Housing benefit Environment protection Excise duties Fiscal policy Economic situation Economic growth Local government finance Pensions Public expenditure Public sector net cash requirement Social security benefits Small businesses Regulation Taxation Technology Unemployment Budget March 2011
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