Does my hon. Friend agree that in the 10 years up to the 2008 banking crisis the economy grew by 40% under Labour, which is how we afforded to double spending on the health service, and that since 2010—when, incidentally, the economy was growing under Labour—the share of the economy that is debt has risen from 55% to 80% because of the Conservatives’ failure to grow the economy and their focus on cuts instead of growth to get the deficit down?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Geraint Davies
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 14 July 2015.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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