Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Cheryl Gillan

Tuesday 25th October 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Philip Hammond]

I assume that the hon. Lady means what assessment I have made. Since 2010, we have brought this country back from the very brink. We have borrowing down from more than 10% of GDP to around 4% with more to deliver. We have created 2.7 million new jobs, making this economy the fastest growing in the G7 for the past three years, and the fastest job creator in the developed world. That is a record of which we can be proud.

[Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham) (Con)]

T10. To what level must the astronomical costs of HS2 rise before the Chancellor advises his colleagues that the project is no longer good value for money for the taxpayer?