I agree with the hon. Gentleman that it is unfair to expect him to have read the Red Book. He will, of course, be aware of what was said by a junior Treasury Minister—the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, the hon. Member for Portsmouth, North (Sarah McCarthy-Fry)—on 5 January, which is some time ago. She said:""The Government have made it clear that reducing spending accounts for two thirds of the action the Government are taking to reduce the deficit following the crisis-measures that will reduce the deficit by £57 billion in 2013-14."—[Official Report, 5 January 2010; Vol. 503, c. 126.]"
Is it not time for the hon. Gentleman to come clean and concede that there will be £40 billion of cuts in a single year in 2013-14, and the Labour party is at it?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Stewart Hosie
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 24 March 2010.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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