My hon. Friend makes his point very powerfully. It is a fact that a number of jobs have been lost in the construction industry that should have been created if the Government were taking not just our advice but that of the IMF and investing in infrastructure projects now. If they did so, tax receipts would improve this year and next year and we would not have to plan for failure in 2015, which is what the Chancellor came here to do last week.
Finance Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Catherine McKinnell
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 2 July 2013.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Finance Bill.
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