Budget Changes Debate

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Barry Gardiner

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European Council
Monday 21st March 2016

(8 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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Forty-five, 40, and about 4 million.

Barry Gardiner Portrait Barry Gardiner (Brent North) (Lab)
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Does the Minister agree that it would have taken real courage for the Chancellor to come here today, and that in failing to show that courage he has shown he is not fit to lead his party? His failure of courage is not only that, however. It is a discourtesy to this House that renders us incapable of properly examining the Budget, because we do not know how the Chancellor proposes to meet his fiscal targets.

David Gauke Portrait Mr Gauke
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With the greatest of respect to the hon. Gentleman, that is a load of pompous nonsense. The Chancellor of the Exchequer will respond to the Budget debate, the first time a Chancellor has done so since the 1990s.

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