Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Scotland – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 26 June 2013.
Margaret Curran
Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland
11:30,
26 June 2013
Once again the Secretary of State does not let the facts get in the way of the same old answer. Average wages in Scotland have, in fact, gone down by £1,100 since he took office. That is the equivalent of 14 tanks of petrol, 15 weekly shops, or over nine months of gas and electricity Bills. The Secretary of State has said in the past
“the horrible truth is…everyone is going to have to make a contribution”.
Is this what he had in mind?
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