Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Gerald Howarth Excerpts
Tuesday 28th February 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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The switch from capital to resource was actually made at the request of the health service and the Department of Health. In terms of finding efficiencies in the NHS, and indeed in the public sector as a whole, it is important that we deliver sustainable efficiencies, embed a culture of efficiency, and ensure that we get value for money for the taxpayer.

Gerald Howarth Portrait Sir Gerald Howarth (Aldershot) (Con)
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While I welcome this Government’s commitment to health, may I invite my right hon. Friend to take a leaf out of President Trump’s book and increase defence expenditure by 10%, funded from the bloated overseas aid budget?