Public Expenditure

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 9:31 pm on 18 February 1987.

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Photo of Mr Bryan Gould Mr Bryan Gould , Dagenham 9:31, 18 February 1987

Would the Minister care to take up the offer which other Conservative Members did not? Will he now endorse the remarks of the then Chancellor who is now the Foreign Secretary to the effect that when he took over the Chancellorship public spending was at the heart of our economic problems? What has changed since then and how has he changed that problem?