It is hard to tell what the Chancellor does more: wriggle or fiddle. Today, there was only a single occasion on which he gave a straight answer to a straight question. Will he confirm that productivity growth under the Major Government was, on average, higher than it was at any time under this Labour Government, and that productivity growth has fallen in each term of the Labour Government?
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Graham Stuart
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 6 December 2006.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Pre-Budget Report.
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