My hon. Friend has enormous experience of these economic matters, and I wonder whether he has a view about the extent of the true debt, because I have just had a letter from Sir Michael Scholar, the chairman of UK National Statistics, confirming that the ONS figure, including financial sector interventions, would be as much as £3.2 trillion.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
William Cash
(Conservative)
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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