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Debate on Wednesday, 11 May 2011, in the House of Commons, led by Justine Greening. The answering member was Kerry McCarthy.


Charter for Budget Responsibility

Debate on a motion to approve the Charter for Budget Responsibility, which was laid before the House on 4 April 2011. Agreed to on question.


Secondary information

Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
527 c1305-22 
Session
2010-12
Department
Treasury
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Related items
Deposited Paper DEP2011-0604
Monday, 4 April 2011
Deposited papers
House of Lords
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions
Justine Greening | 527 c1305 (Link to this contribution) I beg to move,"That the Charter for Budget Responsibility, a copy of which was laid before this Hous...
Lord Redwood | 527 c1305 (Link to this contribution) Does the Minister recall that the decision was taken in the March Budget to increase both spending a...
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Justine Greening | 527 c1320-2 (Link to this contribution) With the leave of the House, I shall sum up the debate and respond to some of the points that have b...
Lord Redwood | 527 c1318-20 (Link to this contribution) I am coming to the growth forecasts, if the hon. Gentleman will be patient. The Bank's inflation for...
Chris Ruane | 527 c1318 (Link to this contribution) What about the growth forecasts?
Lord Redwood | 527 c1317-8 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful then. I did not realise that the hon. Gentleman was being so generous. If we are goin...
Chris Ruane | 527 c1317 (Link to this contribution) So was I. I was giving the right hon. Gentleman an opportunity.
Lord Redwood | 527 c1317 (Link to this contribution) I can indeed and I am glad that the hon. Gentleman did not dare to repeat the normal falsehood that ...
Lord Redwood | 527 c1316-7 (Link to this contribution) Like all those who have participated in this debate, I welcome the four principal aims identified in...
Chris Ruane | 527 c1317 (Link to this contribution) Will the right hon. Gentleman refresh the House's memory on his advice to the previous Government on...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1312-4 (Link to this contribution) That certainly seems to be the suggestion. For some, it seems that they should be thankful as they d...
David Rutley | 527 c1314-6 (Link to this contribution) It is an honour to speak in this debate. It may not be the best attended debate, but I believe that ...
Chris Ruane | 527 c1312 (Link to this contribution) Does my hon. Friend think that those blind people and deaf people and the people in wheelchairs who ...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1312 (Link to this contribution) I shall come in a few moments to some of the Government's measures that have done precisely the oppo...
Justine Greening | 527 c1311-2 (Link to this contribution) I find the hon. Lady's comments ironic in a debate welcoming a charter that sets out some guidelines...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1311 (Link to this contribution) The financial crisis was global and it started in the US. Is the hon. Gentleman suggesting that the ...
Steve Baker | 527 c1311 (Link to this contribution) I am surprised that the hon. Lady does not realise that the financial crisis is the product of defic...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1311 (Link to this contribution) We cannot get into a whole debate about macro-economic policy. Needless to say, I disagree with the ...
Steve Baker | 527 c1311 (Link to this contribution) I know that the crisis originated in the banks, but it did so because of currency debasement, which ...
Justine Greening | 527 c1306-8 (Link to this contribution) We are introducing a series of measure that will, over time, tackle our underlying structural defici...
Lord Redwood | 527 c1310 (Link to this contribution) Perhaps it would be a good idea if there were such a disagreement, because the Bank of England has b...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1310-1 (Link to this contribution) The Bank of England's forecasts have not always been as accurate as one might have hoped, but that p...
Kerry McCarthy | 527 c1308-10 (Link to this contribution) I will bypass the first eight minutes of the Minister's speech, in which she reiterated the usual ma...
Subjects
Budgets Fiscal policy Economic growth Forecasts Public expenditure Public finance Public sector debt Public sector net cash requirement Office for Budget Responsibility
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