James Duddridge
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(10 years, 7 months ago)
Commons ChamberI will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) and then make progress.
If we had followed the policies of the Labour party, we would not have created 1.3 million jobs and those people would have been on benefits.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have also created the right incentives so that work pays. Alongside supporting business—by the way, extraordinarily, the Labour party last night voted to increase taxes on business—we are creating an environment in which jobs are being created.
We are creating a fairer welfare state.