Jobs and the Unemployed

Debate between Nadhim Zahawi and David Anderson

Wednesday 7th July 2010 Commons Chamber

[Nadhim Zahawi]

My hon. Friend is right. One example is the way in which the gap between the south-east and the rest of the country has grown. Labour Members just do not seem to understand what it takes to create an enterprise economy.

[Mr Anderson]

Further to the point made by the hon. Member for Peterborough (Mr Jackson), a lot of people were made wealthy in the 1980s, and 200,000 coal miners got £20,000 to go on the dole queue—paid out of the public purse.

[Nadhim Zahawi]

And your point is? At the end of the day, you only have to look at the facts. The facts are that you have left us with a legacy of £500 million a day—