Social and Economic Policies

Part of Bill Presented – in the House of Commons at 7:23 pm on 6 April 1987.

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Photo of Mr Edward Leadbitter Mr Edward Leadbitter , Hartlepool 7:23, 6 April 1987

Only a few weeks ago, in the Budget, we found that billions of pounds were sloshing about in the Treasury and £6 billion was given away. If the £21 billion to keep nearly 3·5 million people out of work could be reduced to about £10 billion, and the remaining people brought into work, that would mean only a shift of resources. It would not involve spending an extra penny.