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Ownership for all?
Ownership for everyone
In the 1980s I took to Margaret Thatcher the idea of ownership for everyone. She was already a keen exponent of Council house sales, the sale at a discount of a rented state owned home to the tenant. It was a win win for everyone...Read More »
My Intervention on the Charter for Budget Responsibility Debate
John Redwood
(Wokingham) (Con)
My right hon. Friend the Member for North West Hampshire (Kit Malthouse) makes some powerful points. He is right that if we cut certain tax rates, we collect more revenue, not less. The historical evidence is very clear on that, but OBR and Treasury models do not...Read More »
My Intervention on the Charter for Budget Responsibility
Charter for Budget Responsibility – Volume 727: debated on Monday 6 February 2023
John Redwood
Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?
Mr McFadden
I am happy to—I thought mention of the IMF might bring the right hon. Gentleman to his feet.
John Redwood
I would like to know the Labour position. The...Read More »
My Intervention on the Charter for Budget Responsibility – Inaccurate forecasts
John Redwood
(Wokingham) (Con)
Does the Minister not think there is some difficulty in trying to steer the economy on the basis of a five-year forward debt forecast when the official forecasters have been more than £100 billion out in two of the last three years, and £75 billion out this...Read More »
My intervention on the NHS Strikes Debate
NHS Strikes – Volume 727: debated on Monday 6 February 2023
Will Quince
I remember another Scottish National party Member making a similar comment in a previous urgent question, crowing about how Nicola Sturgeon, the First Minister of Scotland, was directly negotiating with the unions and...Read More »