I do not know what figures the hon. Gentleman is looking at, but in the March Budget the fiscal stimulus provided by automatic stabilisers was about 4.4% of GDP. The idea that a fiscal stimulus was not sustained into 2010 is fantasy.
Finance Bill
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Liam Byrne
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 20 July 2010.
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