Food Banks (Wales)
Debate between Linda Riordan and David T C Davies(11 years, 10 months ago)
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Mrs Linda Riordan (in the Chair)
Order. I should like to bring the hon. Gentleman back to the topic of the debate, which is food banks.
Mrs Linda Riordan (in the Chair)
Order. The correct way to address the Chair is by their name, so Mrs Riordan is in order.
David T. C. Davies
Mrs Riordan, my apologies.
The hon. Gentleman mentioned the 50% tax cut for millionaires several times. That was introduced to increase the amount of revenue that the Government have, and it was certainly not put in place during the previous Government.
The reality is that there is poverty in the whole United Kingdom; there always has been and I assume that there probably always will be. The Government have an enormous problem dealing with the economy at the moment, as a result of the deficit and debt that they inherited when they took over in 2010.