Lord Popat
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(10 months, 1 week ago)
Lords Chamber Lord Livermore (Lab)
    
        
    
    
    
    
    
        
        
        
            Lord Livermore (Lab) 
        
    
        
    
        My noble friend is absolutely right that the actions taken by the previous Government were consistent with the actions of a Government who had a total lack of regard to the stability of the public finances—which is exactly why we ended up with a £22 billion hole in those public finances because, although they willed the ends, they never willed the means.