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Pensions Bill

Proceeding contribution from James Purnell (Labour) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 18 April 2007. It occurred during Debate on bills on Pensions Bill.
No one is disagreeing that it would be possible for the Treasury to make a loan. All that we are saying is that the Opposition have no idea where the money will come from. They have just proposed, yet again, an unfunded Government policy. They are proposing to increase the public sector borrowing requirement, and the hon. Gentleman’s only answer to my question is, ““We’d get the money from unclaimed pension assets.? If he is to increase public borrowing, he has to tell us what else he would cut, but I bet the House that he will refuse to do so.

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Reference

459 c336-7 

Session

2006-07

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Legislation

Pensions Bill 2006-07
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