Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Wes Streeting Excerpts
Tuesday 1st December 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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My hon. Friend has been a powerful advocate of the Skew Bridge project, and we have discussed it on several occasions. Of course, the devolution of business rates will help that project not only succeed, but make a big contribution to the local economy.

Wes Streeting Portrait Wes Streeting (Ilford North) (Lab)
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Given the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Wirral South (Alison McGovern) and given that the Chancellor has not met a single one of his own targets on economic performance, is he intending to go on and on, to the delight of the Home Secretary and the Mayor of London?