Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Edward Miliband and Brian Binley

Wednesday 30th April 2014 Commons Chamber

[Edward Miliband]

The Prime Minister should listen to Members on his own side. What did the hon. Member for Northampton South (Mr Binley) say yesterday? He said that this privatisation had “let people down”. He said:

“The interests of the taxpayer were not taken into account”.

He has also called it “unethical and immoral”.

[Mr Brian Binley (Northampton South) (Con)]

indicated assent.

[Edward Miliband]

He is nodding his head. That is what the Prime Minister’s own side think of it. He talks a lot about the postal workers, so this is very interesting: there were no conditions on the hedge funds, but there were conditions on other groups such as the postal workers. Can he explain why postal workers were told they could not sell their shares for three years but hedge funds were told they could cash in on day one?