Lord Spellar
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(10 years, 9 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend makes an important point and the IFS report, out this morning, states that the change in economic outlook from a year ago is “really quite remarkable”, and:
“The UK recovery is getting ever closer to achieving ‘escape velocity’”.
[Interruption.] We keep being told by the shadow Chancellor that it is about time, but if we had listened to him, there would have been more borrowing, more spending, more taxing and more debt. His view is very clear: if we gave him back the keys to the car, he would drive it just as fast into the same wall and wreck the economy all over again.
Mr John Spellar (Warley) (Lab)
Q12. Will the Prime Minister make clear whether he will still, quite wrongly, try to end the ban on fox hunting?
The Prime Minister
My view remains that which was in the manifesto on which I stood—that is, that the House of Commons should have the opportunity for a debate and a vote on the issue.