Budget Resolutions

Debate between Rishi Sunak and Norman Lamb

Thursday 9th March 2017 Commons Chamber

[Rishi Sunak (Richmond (Yorks)) (Con)]

It is a privilege to speak in this debate. In all the excitement from Fleet Street, it would be easy to forget who yesterday’s Budget is really about, so I will share with the House how many of my constituents will feel about it. Whether it is the schoolboy with a first-rate technical education who will now have the chance of a better job and a solid wage, the small business owner who knows that when she speaks up her Government listen, or the mother who knows there is a Conservative Chancellor at the helm making the difficult decisions so that her children have well-funded public services and a country that lives within its means, for the hard-working people of North Yorkshire this is a Budget that delivers where they need it most.

[Norman Lamb]

How does that schoolboy or schoolgirl feel about an 8% cut in funding per student by 2020 under this Government?