Finance Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 5:21 pm on 28 November 2022.

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Photo of James Cartlidge James Cartlidge The Exchequer Secretary 5:21, 28 November 2022

I will finish this point; the hon. Gentleman is welcome to come back at me on it. He will recall the estimates at the start of the pandemic that unemployment would be 2 million higher than it turned out to be. That is an entire depression’s-worth of unemployment that we saved through our measures, and he should be grateful.