I am not going to try to square circles, which I believe is not possible, but those figures are fundamentally contentious, and it is also worth bearing in mind that outside the private sector the country has no income. Every penny spent by the Government either has to be raised in taxation or borrowed.
Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Jacob Rees-Mogg
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 26 October 2010.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Savings Accounts and Health in Pregnancy Grant Bill.
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