Financial Stability: Private Equity Firms Debate
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Financial Stability: Private Equity Firms
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Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
I do not agree with the noble Lord. As he will have seen in the Autumn Statement, the Chancellor set out significant tax cuts to encourage growth. That is where we are focusing our firepower at the moment.
Lord Young of Cookham (Con)
My Lords, further to the original Question about high interest rates, at the last general election the Green Party was committed to borrowing an extra £95 billion to pay for its commitments. What would this have done to interest rates?
Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con)
I would not wish to speculate; however, I am not sure it would have been good things.