Comprehensive Spending Review

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:11 pm on 28 October 2010.

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Photo of Danny Alexander Danny Alexander The Chief Secretary to the Treasury 1:11, 28 October 2010

I beg to move,

That this House
has considered the matter of the Comprehensive Spending Review.

It is eight days since my right hon. Friend the Chancellor set out the conclusions of the Government's spending review-this coalition's plan to bring the country back from the brink. We had to act to tackle the deficit: it was the only option to secure our country's future. It is the only option to build a strong platform for future growth and prosperity, and we will see it through.

In charting the course for the next four years, we have made choices. We have chosen to invest in growth, jobs and the future of the economy. We have chosen to protect the most vulnerable and extend the ladder of opportunity. We have chosen to cut the costs of central Government to free up the front line. These are our priorities-growth, fairness, reform. They are the right priorities.