The hon. Gentleman claims credit for growth between 1992 and 1997. That is fair enough, but the Conservatives first dug a gigantic hole in the economy, because of their exchange rate mechanism policy, so it started from a very low base—
Treasury and Work and Pensions
Proceeding contribution from
Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
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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