Perhaps I can anticipate the hon. Gentleman's intervention. I know he believes that there is a measurement problem, and that if we measured public debt differently we would come up with much higher figures. I am merely citing the international conventions of the OECD and the International Monetary Fund; he might have something to add.
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Proceeding contribution from
Vincent Cable
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 7 January 2010.
It occurred during Debate on Pre-Budget Report.
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