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Pensions Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)

I trust that the hon. Lady would allow me to use my own adjectives—““measly”” is not a word that would immediately spring to my mind to describe £1.1 billion. The fact is that the six-month ““pause””, which might be a better word to use as far as the hon. Lady's view of the economy is concerned, will apparently save the nation £1.1 billion. That saving will not come in until next year, and it is doing nothing to fill the current hole. That sum is a fraction of what the Government are borrowing week in, week out, because they have markedly failed to do anything to create growth in this country. They have done little or nothing to stimulate our economy. The hon. Lady may smile and shake her head, but I was taught that the only way to get something is by earning it. That is the only way to settle debt.