Finance Bill
Debate between Wes Streeting and Peter Dowd
Tuesday 12th September 2017
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Peter Dowd
My hon. Friend is an experienced Member and he has hit the nail on the head.
Wes Streeting (Ilford North) (Lab)
Our party’s policy was clearly stated in our manifesto—it was to abolish all tuition fees. That is a damn sight better than the position we have seen this week, whereby the Chancellor has had to ask for 250-word submissions from his Back Benchers on ideas for student finance. They are the Government, but the Opposition have a clearer policy than the people running the country.
Peter Dowd
They make it up as they go along.
May I jog the Financial Secretary’s memory? He forgot to mention the £1.7 trillion national debt, which, as it happens, has grown by more than £2 billion since he sat down at around 7 o’clock last Wednesday.