Lord Stunell corrected the Commons record on Government Funding (Distribution)
The words were spoken in the Commons on 4 April 2011. The correction was made by letter from Mr Andrew Stunell, and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 26 April 2011. The figure 7.7 in the original became 8.8 in the correction, higher by 1.1. Altogether 7 words differ between the two versions.
The question
The wheels are well and truly coming off the Government’s explanation for their swingeing cuts to local government—that is pretty clear. Contrary to his assertion that he would protect the most vulnerable by making his cuts “fair and progressive”, the Secretary of State is actually imposing the biggest cuts on the country’s poorest communities and leaving more affluent areas relatively unscathed. Even his own housing Minister confessed last week that the poorest areas will shoulder the harshest cuts. Will the Minister replying do the decent thing and admit that the Secretary of State’s declaration about fairness and the Chancellor’s assertion that we are all in it together are completely and utterly preposterous?
Original and corrected words
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| The hon. Gentleman has of course used a selective quotation, and that is entirely his prerogative, but it does rather undermine his case. The reality is that no local authority in this country faces a reduction in its | The hon. Gentleman has of course used a selective quotation, and that is entirely his prerogative, but it does rather undermine his case. The reality is that no local authority in this country faces a reduction in its spending power of more than 8.8% , and offset against that is the new homes bonus that we have announced today, through which Lambeth, for instance, gets £1.9 million. |
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Receipt
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| Date read | 15 October 2026 |
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