Budget Leak Inquiry Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Budget Leak Inquiry

Henry Smith Excerpts
Thursday 22nd March 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. The hon. Gentleman will resume his seat. I made the position clear. This is a set of exchanges about a specific and narrowly crafted urgent question. It may be about many things within that context, but it is not about 1947. We will leave it there.

Henry Smith Portrait Henry Smith (Crawley) (Con)
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The previous Labour Government leaked worse than the Titanic. Does my hon. Friend agree that, whatever the Labour party’s budgetary policies may be—we are not quite sure—they would be an equal disaster?

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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Within the constraints of the question, I will just say yes.