When the hon. Gentleman has a chance to think about these things, he might realise that Governments borrow money. There was a time, early in the last decade, when Government borrowing was going down, but then we started to hear concerns from the pensions industry that the Government were not borrowing enough—the pensions industry actually requires borrowing.
Fiscal Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Darling of Roulanish
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 January 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fiscal Responsibility Bill.
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