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James Duddridge

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Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill
Wednesday 26th March 2014

(10 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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I will give way to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East (James Duddridge) and then make progress.

James Duddridge Portrait James Duddridge (Rochford and Southend East) (Con)
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If we had followed the policies of the Labour party, we would not have created 1.3 million jobs and those people would have been on benefits.

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. We have also created the right incentives so that work pays. Alongside supporting business—by the way, extraordinarily, the Labour party last night voted to increase taxes on business—we are creating an environment in which jobs are being created.

We are creating a fairer welfare state.

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