I will finish my point.
As the right hon. Gentleman knows, the Government, like the previous Government, are not making average, across-the-board cuts of 11% in every Department. We have chosen, as did the previous Government, to have some protected Departments—health, schools, pensions and aid. The logical consequence of that is much higher cuts in unprotected Departments. I am sure that he remembers the IFS analysis that told us, in the wake of the March Budget, that a Labour Government were planning to cut unprotected Departments by 25.4%.
Higher Education Fees
Proceeding contribution from
Vincent Cable
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 December 2010.
It occurred during Debate on Higher Education Fees.
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