John Cryer
Main Page: John Cryer (Labour - Leyton and Wanstead)(13 years, 6 months ago)
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The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (Robert Neill)
I recently visited Wirral and met Councillor Green, and my hon. Friend is absolutely right that the council is using a number of innovative measures not only in the transparency agenda, but in the imaginative use of community facilities such as fire stations working conjointly with youth groups in the big society.
John Cryer (Leyton and Wanstead) (Lab)
Will the Liberal Minister now answer the question that has already been asked twice during this Question Time? What is his assessment of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report about extensive job losses in the private sector?
Andrew Stunell
My assessment is that, like a lot of reporting of what the coalition agreement and the comprehensive spending review are about, it is purely speculative. What we have actually got is a programme for growth in the private sector and in small businesses, and we are putting the British economy back on its feet.