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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 13 February 2013.

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Photo of David Cameron David Cameron The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 11:30, 13 February 2013

The right hon. Gentleman says that prices are rising, but I would remind him that inflation is lower under this Government than what we inherited from Labour. It has been cut in half from its peak. Of course, if his question is, “Have you had to take difficult decisions to deal with the deficit, to get on top of the problems that we face, to reform welfare and to clean up our banks”—you bet we have had to take difficult decisions! No one in this country is in any doubt about why we have had to take difficult decisions; it is because of the mess that he left.