Fortifying the Fiscal Framework (Economic Affairs Committee Report) Debate

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Fortifying the Fiscal Framework (Economic Affairs Committee Report)

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Tuesday 3rd November 2026

(1 day, 22 hours ago)

Grand Committee
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Lord Sikka Portrait Lord Sikka (Lab)
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I have been misrepresented and it will go in Hansard, but my reply will not if I respond privately. I at no point mentioned 300% debt—I do not know who the noble Lord was listening to. I reminded the Committee that debt was 270% when the NHS was founded in 1948, and that brought—

Lord Wilson of Sedgefield Portrait Lord in Waiting/Government Whip (Lord Wilson of Sedgefield) (Lab)
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I think the noble Lord, Lord Liddle, has already responded to the debate, so I think it has come to an end.

Motion agreed.
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