Andrew Murrison
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Emma Reynolds
I can absolutely give my hon. Friend that reassurance. The Government are intent on driving good growth and job creation opportunities across the country—in the north, the south, the midlands and every other part, too.
Dr Andrew Murrison (South West Wiltshire) (Con)
The Government insisted on applying the social time preference rate to the disastrous Chagos deal to make an appalling deal look slightly better. Will the Minister confirm that the changes she has announced today as part of her Green Book revision will increase the cost of that deal by £288 million, which is 10 times the amount that she proposes to cut from the Army training budget this year?
Emma Reynolds
The Green Book discount rate is a tool of economic analysis. It does not change the cost of the deal.