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Contingencies Fund Bill

Proceeding contribution from Ed Davey (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 March 2020. It occurred during Debate on bills on Contingencies Fund Bill.

I half agree with the hon. Gentleman, but I do not think inflation is going to be the problem; people have not got any money. This form of QE is often called helicopter money and perhaps that is the right move now, and we need to be debating it.

I have a final comment to make and then I will sit down. When we reflect in a few months on this crisis and what has gone on, we will have to look at some of the underlying assumptions of our economic models. I am not saying that we should rip them up—I do not believe that at all—but how the state underpins and

works with the market is really important. What I mean by that is that there is an assumption that the market can do it all, that the market is fantastic and that Governments should come out of the way, but markets only exist because of Governments. Regulations and laws make markets and there have always been those.

About this proceeding contribution

Reference

674 cc283-4 

Session

2019-21

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber
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