Given that 70 per cent. of the deficit is structural, and therefore pre-dates the current financial turmoil, does my hon. Friend think that a Bill that provides no detail about how the Government intend seriously to tackle the problems with the public finances demonstrates any fiscal responsibility at all?
Fiscal Responsibility Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Baroness Burt of Solihull
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 5 January 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Fiscal Responsibility Bill.
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