Public Expenditure Reductions

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Wales – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 8 September 2010.

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Photo of Susan Elan Jones Susan Elan Jones Labour, Clwyd South 11:30, 8 September 2010

I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his interesting and brief response. Will he actually answer the question more fully by commenting on the fact that the latest employment outlook survey says that employers in Wales expect to decrease staffing levels in the next few months by 8%, and that the Federation of Small Businesses in Wales has said that

"it's not surprising that small firms might be planning staff reductions", and that is due to major public service cuts? Will he for once speak up for Wales and accept responsibility for the situation that his Government are creating for communities in Wales?