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Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 9 October 2007, in the House of Commons, led by Lord Darling of Roulanish.

Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review

Statement on the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review

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Parliamentary proceeding
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464 c167-92 
Session
2006-07
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c191 (Link to this contribution) As I said earlier, borrowing this year is lower than we expected. On public expenditure generally, a...
Adrian Bailey | 464 c191-2 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the resilience of the British economy in the face of internatio...
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Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c190 (Link to this contribution) Let me respond to the various points the hon. Gentleman makes. First, most people might think that a...
Ann Cryer | 464 c190 (Link to this contribution) Can my right hon. Friend comment on the plight of some of my constituents who are former council hou...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c190 (Link to this contribution) There is certainly more funding available, and I have made a change to the treatment of repairs for ...
Lord Redwood | 464 c190-1 (Link to this contribution) Can the Chancellor tell us the current total borrowing figure for the public sector, adding in all t...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c188 (Link to this contribution) It is funny that the hon. Gentleman should say that, because at the last election the Conservatives ...
Mark Durkan | 464 c188-9 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chancellor confirm—so that I can welcome the fact—that the new improved child element of ch...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c189 (Link to this contribution) I am happy to hear a slightly different view from Northern Ireland in relation to Government expendi...
Stewart Hosie | 464 c189-90 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor confirmed a number of things today, such as that the growth rate will fall and borrow...
Edward Leigh | 464 c188 (Link to this contribution) Why was more not made today of efficiency gains? Since 2001, the Public Accounts Committee has made ...
Paddy Tipping | 464 c188 (Link to this contribution) Will the Chancellor confirm that he can afford free health checks, better health and a better future...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c188 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a good point. Free health checks for people are a very good policy. I am sure w...
Sammy Wilson | 464 c187 (Link to this contribution) The gloom that was evident on the faces of the Members behind the Chancellor today when he talked ab...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c187 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps I could make a general point to the hon. Gentleman, which I might equally make to the Welsh ...
Neil Turner | 464 c186-7 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on finding money to put into health and education rather than gi...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c187 (Link to this contribution) I very much hope that we shall continue to reduce those inequalities in all that we do, whether in l...
John Butterfill | 464 c186 (Link to this contribution) Do the Chancellor's estimates for public sector debt in total include the liabilities of private fin...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c186 (Link to this contribution) I think the hon. Gentleman will find all that spelt out in the pre-Budget report that I have publish...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c186 (Link to this contribution) For many years, in the House and outside, my right hon. Friend has campaigned for an increase in the...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c184 (Link to this contribution) I know that my right hon. Friend has long been concerned that that should happen. I hope that, with ...
Lord Young of Cookham | 464 c185 (Link to this contribution) Does the Chancellor accept that the NHS, for which the Government have responsibility, has consisten...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c185 (Link to this contribution) I agree with the right hon. Gentleman. It is important to ensure that social services are properly f...
Sally Keeble | 464 c185 (Link to this contribution) May I ask my right hon. Friend a bit more about his welcome announcement of increased spending on la...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c185 (Link to this contribution) I agree that we all want more uniformed officers on the streets, and I know that my hon. Friend has ...
Lord Willis of Knaresborough | 464 c185 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the £1.7 billion for the full implementation of the Cooksey reforms, but can the Ch...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c185-6 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for what the hon. Gentleman has said. Over the past few weeks—and, indeed, in my previ...
Tom Clarke | 464 c186 (Link to this contribution) Rather disturbingly, neither Opposition Front-Bench spokesman sought to match the Chancellor's excel...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c184 (Link to this contribution) Just a few moments ago, the hon. Member for Tatton (Mr. Osborne), who is continuing his huddle on th...
George Howarth | 464 c184 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome my right hon. Friend's announcement on the increase in supply of housing for sale, ...
Lord McFall of Alcluith | 464 c182 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the measures that the Chancellor has announced on simplifying the tax system, particularly...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c182 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my right hon. Friend. As the Chairman of the Treasury Committee, he knows a great deal ...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c181-2 (Link to this contribution) First, may I apologise if we sent a series of blank sheets of paper to the Liberals—[Hon. Members: “...
Rob Marris | 464 c183 (Link to this contribution) I welcome the continued stability and growth outlined in the pre-Budget report. I want to ask my rig...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c183-4 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that we will have an opportunity to discuss Northern Rock later in the week. The reason wh...
Lord Clarke of Nottingham | 464 c182-3 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor has acknowledged that we are going to have a very sharp slowdown of the economy at th...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c183 (Link to this contribution) I seem to remember that the levels of debt that we have today are rather better than those that exis...
Michael Fallon | 464 c184 (Link to this contribution) Given that the Chancellor's predecessor consistently overestimated corporation tax receipts and ende...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c192 (Link to this contribution) I agree with my hon. Friend that it is important to increase productivity in both the private and th...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c192 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the hon. Gentleman knows that, both here and in other countries, the savings ratio fa...
Julian Brazier | 464 c192 (Link to this contribution) The Chancellor tells the House that the economy is sound, but will he remind us of the last time the...
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c167-75 (Link to this contribution) Today I can present the pre-Budget report and the conclusions of the comprehensive spending review. ...
Speaker | 464 c167 (Link to this contribution) Order. The Chancellor of the Exchequer is making a statement; I want him to be heard.
Speaker | 464 c179 (Link to this contribution) Order. That is bad manners. The hon. Gentleman should be heard and any Member leaving the Chamber sh...
Speaker | 464 c177 (Link to this contribution) Order. Members should allow the hon. Gentleman to be heard. Clapping is not in order in this House.
George Osborne | 464 c175-8 (Link to this contribution) I do not know why the Prime Minister even bothered to turn up. He should have called that election, ...
Vincent Cable | 464 c179-81 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Chancellor for an advance copy of his statement, but 12 of the 18 pages were blank. Is t...
Speaker | 464 c178 (Link to this contribution) Order. Members should let the Chancellor speak.
Lord Darling of Roulanish | 464 c178-9 (Link to this contribution) I thank the shadow Chancellor for his response. It strikes me that he might have benefited—[Interrup...
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