All 2 Debates between Gareth Thomas and George Osborne

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Debate between Gareth Thomas and George Osborne
Tuesday 24th June 2014

(10 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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The many thousands of people who are getting jobs in the hon. Lady’s area are better off, and of course—[Interruption.] Let me explain to the shadow Chancellor: if you bring the British economy to its knees, if you have the deepest recession for 100 years, if you preside over the biggest banking crisis in our history, you make this country poorer. But it is by fixing those problems, by working through our long-term economic plan, that we are going to make the country richer again.

Gareth Thomas Portrait Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op)
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2. What recent assessment he has made of the level of bank lending to businesses since May 2010.

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Debate between Gareth Thomas and George Osborne
Tuesday 21st June 2011

(13 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Gareth Thomas Portrait Mr Gareth Thomas (Harrow West) (Lab/Co-op)
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T1. If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

George Osborne Portrait The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Mr George Osborne)
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As set out before, the core purpose of the Treasury is to ensure the stability of the economy, promote growth and jobs, reform banking and clear up the mess in the public finances that we inherited.

Gareth Thomas Portrait Mr Thomas
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In Harrow, five police sergeant posts have been axed and Wealdstone police station is being closed. Is that the Chancellor’s fault for cutting public services too far and too fast, or should I blame Boris?

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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I blame the Labour Government. During the election campaign, the Labour Home Secretary said publicly on television that police numbers would have to be cut if Labour was re-elected.