Food Prices and Food Poverty

Kwasi Kwarteng Excerpts
Monday 23rd January 2012

(12 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Spelman Portrait Mrs Spelman
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The hon. Lady clearly was not listening to what I said about the continuation of the Healthy Start campaign, for example. Of course, in any big society, there is no finite amount of contribution that each of us might make to the more vulnerable; there is no need to put a limit on it.

Kwasi Kwarteng Portrait Kwasi Kwarteng (Spelthorne) (Con)
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Will my right hon. Friend comment on the moves that the Government are making, such as freezing council tax and cutting fuel duty? That has made general inflation a much more manageable phenomenon for ordinary families.

Baroness Primarolo Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker (Dawn Primarolo)
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Not at this precise point; the right hon. Lady is speaking to the motion.