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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 22 March 2011.

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Photo of George Osborne George Osborne The Chancellor of the Exchequer 2:30, 22 March 2011

What I would say to the hon. Gentleman is this: we inherited a record budget deficit and there was no credible plan to deal with it. We put a plan in place and it is supported by the international community. The result of all this is that we have interest rates that are closer to Germany’s, despite having been left a deficit that is bigger than Portugal’s or Greece’s.