Debt Debate

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Department: HM Treasury
Tuesday 29th May 2012

(12 years, 5 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Higgins Portrait Lord Higgins
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My Lords—

Lord Peston Portrait Lord Peston
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My Lords—

Lord Higgins Portrait Lord Higgins
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My Lords, as we have been told time and again by the Opposition that the Government are cutting the deficit by too much and too fast, would it take much longer to reduce the deficit if we were to adopt the policy of the Opposition?