Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Sajid Javid and Julian Huppert

Tuesday 11th December 2012 Commons Chamber

[Sajid Javid]

I think that the hon. Lady submitted that question before the autumn statement, not expecting the Office for Budget Responsibility to confirm that the deficit is going to keep on falling. She risks becoming, like her friend the shadow Chancellor, an economic arsonist. He has created an economic inferno but is more interested in throwing stones at the firefighters. What her constituents want to know is that the deficit is coming down, and it is down by a quarter. That is creating jobs and confidence, and that is what this country needs.

[Dr Julian Huppert (Cambridge) (LD)]

16. What assessment he has made of the importance of capital infrastructure projects in helping rebalance the economy.