Oral Answers to Questions

Mary Macleod Excerpts

Tuesday 22nd March 2011 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. I am sorry but I must repeat, and I hope that the message will be heeded, that questions must be about the policy of the current Government.

[Mary Macleod (Brentford and Isleworth) (Con)]

Does my hon. Friend agree that raising the income tax threshold, protecting spending on the NHS and increasing spending on social care will definitely benefit women?

[Mr Gauke]

My hon. Friend is absolutely right to highlight this point. Some of us recall the difficulty in getting distributional analyses out of the previous Government and it has to be said that this Government are taking great steps forward.