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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Clive Efford Excerpts
Tuesday 3rd July 2018

(6 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Robert Jenrick Portrait Robert Jenrick
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. That is why we have created the £4 billion housing infrastructure fund—it is exactly to deal with this problem—and a £600 billion pipeline of new infrastructure projects. He and I have already met to discuss the issues in his constituency, and we will be taking that forward.

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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Is it possible to provide the funding that our NHS needs and at the same time keep to the reckless tax cuts that the Government announced in their manifesto last year?

Lord Hammond of Runnymede Portrait Mr Philip Hammond
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We did not announce any reckless tax cuts in the manifesto last year. The Prime Minister made it very clear in her announcement about NHS funding that we will continue to deliver on our fiscal rules, and we will continue to ensure that debt falls. I will make announcements at future fiscal events explaining exactly how we will do that.