Financial Crisis

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:38 pm on 20 January 2009.

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Photo of Jeremy Browne Jeremy Browne Shadow Minister (Treasury) 4:38, 20 January 2009

I am genuinely fascinated by what the hon. Gentleman infers. I have never been outflanked so far to the left in any debate in which I have spoken in the House. My position on the car industry is that companies that make cars that people want to buy should flourish, and that companies that make cars that people do not want to buy are unlikely to be successful. I am absolutely gobsmacked if the Conservative party's view is that the taxpayer, rather than funding improved schools and hospitals, should support companies that make cars that consumers do not want to buy.