Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kirsty Blackman and George Osborne

Tuesday 19th April 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Osborne]

The lifetime ISA will be a very popular and successful new saving product precisely because it does not require people to choose between saving for a home or saving for their retirement; they can do both. We are also now looking at ways for people to draw on their savings during their lifetime for particular emergencies, or for when they need bits of money, like they do in the United States with the 401(k) scheme. The lifetime ISA will be a radically new savings product, and it will do what we need to do in this country, which is build a savings culture.

[Kirsty Blackman (Aberdeen North) (SNP)]

3. What assessment he has made of recent trends in the level of productivity; and what steps he is taking to increase productivity.