Public Debt Management Bill

Ian Murray Excerpts

Friday 9th November 2012 Commons Chamber

[Ian Murray (Edinburgh South) (Lab)]

In the 40 seconds or so that remain, let me thank the hon. Member for Ipswich (Ben Gummer) for introducing this Bill. The Opposition think that it is very badly worded and merely a rehash of our fiscal golden rules and of the Chancellor’s. We will hear the autumn/winter statement on 5 December, in which I doubt the Chancellor will be able to meet his own golden rules, and I know the Minister will not be able to respond—