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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 30 January 2013.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:30, 30 January 2013

As the right hon. Gentleman knows, GDP in the third quarter of last year went up by 0.9%, and, as forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility, it fell in the fourth quarter by 0.3%. [Interruption.] Only Labour Members could cheer that news. Is that not absolutely typical? He should listen to the Governor of the Bank of England, who said:

“Our economy is recovering, more slowly than we might wish, but we are moving in the right direction.”

The fall in unemployment numbers clearly backs that up.