The Economy and Pensions

Part of Orders of the Day – in the House of Commons at 2:02 pm on 14 November 2007.

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Photo of Alistair Darling Alistair Darling The Chancellor of the Exchequer 2:02, 14 November 2007

On this occasion, I cannot stand shoulder to shoulder with the hon. Gentleman as I did against the wickedness of the then press barons of the north-east of Scotland.

We are able to devote considerable sums of money to reducing child poverty, although we have other obligations as well. The hon. Gentleman's comments are a bit rich since, as well as our other differences on inheritance tax, he wanted to spend even more money on a tiny minority of the wealthiest estates in the country.