Listening to the hon. Gentleman’s rant, one would think that the incoming Conservative Government of 1979 inherited a perfectly functioning economy. Does he not accept one shred of responsibility for the massive economic changes that had to be made in the 1980s as a result of the disaster that this country had sleepwalked into in the ’70s?
Treasury and Work and Pensions
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 27 November 2006.
It occurred during Queen's speech debate on Treasury and Work and Pensions.
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