Frank Roy
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(11 years ago)
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Mr Frank Roy (Motherwell and Wishaw) (Lab)
In towns across the United Kingdom, there are parents in deep despair because they cannot afford a decent Christmas for their children. Why is that?
The Prime Minister
What is happening in our country is that we are recovering from the longest, deepest and most difficult recession in living memory. It takes time, but what we see is 1 million more people in work—that is a positive development. We see 400,000 more businesses operating in our country—that is a positive development. The growth rate in our country is now the second-highest of any major western economy. The job is not done yet; it is not halfway done yet. That is why we need a long-term economic plan, which is what we are dedicated to delivering. Frankly, we would get nowhere if the first thing we did was to increase spending, increase borrowing and increase taxes—all the things that got this country into the mess in the first place.