Orders of the Day — Finance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 6:01 pm on 14 January 1997.

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Photo of Malcolm Bruce Malcolm Bruce Shadow Spokesperson (Treasury) 6:01, 14 January 1997

We have already identified certain areas. On the Government's own admission, last year they spent nearly £1 billion on consultancies to achieve virtually no economic benefit. There are a number of such examples where the Government's priorities are simply different from ours. It is not fair to say that there is no room for saving—there is.