Economic Policies

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 24 October 2012.

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Photo of Theresa Villiers Theresa Villiers The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 11:30, 24 October 2012

When the shadow Chancellor finally got round to visiting Northern Ireland, all he came up with was more tax, more borrowing and more spending. The reality is that that is all Labour has to offer in its economic policy. All hon. Members know that we cannot borrow our way out of a debt crisis. The problems in Northern Ireland and across the UK are to a large extent caused by the significant deficit left to this country by the Labour party.