Rob Marris
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(8 years, 4 months ago)
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Sajid Javid
No, that is absolutely not the case. The hon. Gentleman is right that there has been a long-running productivity issue in our country under successive Governments. That is why we have published the ambitious productivity plan, dealing with issues such as skills, infrastructure and innovation. In the past year, we have seen a 1.3% year-on-year increase in output per hour, which is very encouraging.
Rob Marris (Wolverhampton South West) (Lab)
After five years in charge, it is time the Government took some responsibility. Why has productivity stalled for the past five years?
Sajid Javid
Because after 13 years of the Labour party being in charge, we had the biggest recession our country had seen in almost 100 years and it has taken time for the country to recover from that. As I have said, productivity is on the rise.