The Economy

Debate between Justin Tomlinson and Priti Patel

Wednesday 26th November 2014 Commons Chamber

[Justin Tomlinson (North Swindon) (Con)]

Is it not the case that Labour promised to spend the bankers bonus tax no fewer than 10 times over?

[Priti Patel]

My hon. Friend’s point tells us everything we need to know about the economics of the Labour party.

We believe in a recovery that works for the many, and there are three ways of putting that recovery in place. First, we create the right macro-economic conditions. Cutting the deficit, restoring public spending to sustainable levels, ending the culture of Government excess—which the Labour party knows quite a bit about—securing inward investment, building, manufacturing, exporting and securing our place in the world are all key, and we are doing those things.