Gloria De Piero
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(11 years, 2 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to say that the news on manufacturing is good. All 13 of the manufacturing sectors have increased—the first time that has happened since 1992. Of course, the Labour party does not like hearing that good news, including the great announcement this week that Jaguar Land Rover is creating 1,700 new jobs. We must go on backing British business, backing exports and backing manufacturing to ensure that we make this a sustainable recovery that works for hard-working people.
Gloria De Piero (Ashfield) (Lab)
Q5. Is the Prime Minister embarrassed that, while so many people struggle, City bonuses are up £700 million this year?
The Prime Minister
As I have said, City bonuses are actually 86% lower than they were when the hon. Lady was supporting the last Government. She tweeted this morning—I follow these things very closely, as you know, Mr Speaker—that she had a question to the Prime Minister, and she asked for suggestions. The first suggestion came back:
“How happy are you that Ed Miliband will be the leader of the Labour Party at the next election?”
I cannot think why she rejected that advice and took advice from the shadow Chancellor instead.