My hon. Friend will know that the debt to GDP ratio will have grown from 55% in 2010 to 85% in 2015, and that the way to sort that out is by confronting the debt and/or confronting the GDP—namely, growth. Does he accept that even though 1 million more people are in jobs, overall production has not gone up, so their average productivity has gone down? Does he agree that it is time to invest in infrastructure, super-connectivity and skills, and to make Britain more productive and make it grow?
Finance (No. 2) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 15 April 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance (No. 2) Bill.
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