Public Expenditure

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 3:45 pm on 21 December 1999.

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Photo of Oliver Letwin Oliver Letwin Shadow Financial Secretary 3:45, 21 December 1999

My hon. Friend raises an interesting point as to whether Treasury Ministers—I second his exemption—are beginning to believe that rhetoric. In that context, was it not pretty odd that we received no sensible answer to my questions to the Chief Secretary about what the economic cycle is, where we are in it and when the current cycle will end?