Bill Esterson
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(10 years, 11 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
My hon. Friend makes an important point. Let us look at the cuts and freezes on fuel duty that we have made. Fuel duty would be 13p a litre higher under Labour’s plans than under our plans. To use a simple word, it would be a “nightmare”.
Bill Esterson (Sefton Central) (Lab)
The Prime Minister’s own Education Department has said that it has closed 578 children’s centres. How is that protecting Sure Start?
The Prime Minister
I gave the hon. Gentleman the figures, but I am afraid that he was unable to think on his feet and alter his question. The fact is that there are 3,000 such centres open, and only around 1% have closed.