Young People: Personal Finances Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Young People: Personal Finances

Lord Elton Excerpts
Thursday 7th February 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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There will be a Statement on this later. It remains part of the core curriculum but it is not a mandatory GCSE.

Lord Elton Portrait Lord Elton
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Following the question of the noble Lord, Lord Tomlinson, does my noble friend agree that if eventually all the electorate were to realise that you cannot throughout your life spend more than you get, they would be more accepting of Budgets that would reduce the deficit and get this country back to where it should be?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I agree entirely with my noble friend.