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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2017-07-12more like thismore than 2017-07-12
answering body
HM Treasury more like this
answering dept id 14 more like this
answering dept short name Treasury more like this
answering dept sort name CaTreasury more like this
hansard heading Public Sector Debt more like this
house id 1 more like this
legislature
25259
pref label House of Commons more like this
question text To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress is being made on reducing the deficit. more like this
tabling member constituency Plymouth, Moor View more like this
tabling member printed
Johnny Mercer remove filter
uin 900565 more like this
answer
answer
is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2017-07-18more like thismore than 2017-07-18
answer text <p>Since 2010, the deficit has been reduced by three-quarters. However, as the OBR’s Fiscal Risks Report published last week shows, the public finances remain vulnerable and it’s important for this country to bring down its levels of debt.</p><p>That is why the government has committed to reduce the structural deficit to below 2% and get debt falling as a share of GDP by 2020-21, guiding the public finances back to balance by the middle of the next decade.</p> more like this
answering member constituency South West Norfolk remove filter
answering member printed Elizabeth Truss more like this
question first answered
less than 2017-07-18T13:31:19.06Zmore like thismore than 2017-07-18T13:31:19.06Z
answering member
4097
label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss more like this
tabling member
4485
label Biography information for Johnny Mercer more like this