Mike Thornton
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(10 years, 11 months ago)
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Mike Thornton (Eastleigh) (LD)
Is it not always a good idea constantly to make savings and improve delivery? Is that not what every businessman would do every day of his life? To say that that is not a good idea is very strange.
Mrs Gillan
I am not saying that it is not a good idea; I am asking what the hundreds of people who have been working on the project have been doing over the past four years. Surely—