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Gordon Birtwistle

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Jobs and Work

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NHS Health Services in Guisborough, Skelton, Brotton and Park End (Middlesbrough)
Wednesday 11th June 2014

(10 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Vince Cable Portrait Vince Cable
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I was going to go on shortly to what is underpinning labour market growth, which is strong and balanced economic growth. I will come back to that.

Gordon Birtwistle Portrait Gordon Birtwistle (Burnley) (LD)
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Is the Secretary of State as disappointed as I am by the constant deriding of manufacturing and the growth in the economy by the shadow Secretary of State, who, every time he gets up, runs the economy down? Is that the right way to give confidence to businesses to drag us out of the recession that Labour left behind?

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