"My hon. Friend is absolutely right, first about the importance of supporting manufacturing, which has had a particularly tough time during the recession, and, secondly, about supporting young people, because we must be conscious that young people so far have borne the brunt of the recession in terms of unemployment. …..." David Laws - View Speech
"I suggest that the hon. Lady tells her constituents the truth about the catastrophic amount of debt left by the last Government, their total irresponsibility and the risk that would have been posed to the country’s economy and their prospects if we had a Government sitting around doing nothing as …..." David Laws - View Speech
"The coalition agreement set out that the Government would make modest cuts of £6 billion to non-frontline services within the financial year 2010-11 to help tackle the UK’s £156 billion deficit.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer and I have set out this week details of £6.243 billion of savings from …..." David Laws - View Speech