The hon. Gentleman is being generous with his time. I am sorry to be a pedant, but in 2005 there was a £43 billion budget deficit. There was a deficit long before the banking crisis, and there was a structural deficit that the banking crisis brought out.
Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [Lords]
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Mark Garnier
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 1 February 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Bank of England and Financial Services Bill [Lords].
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