Member

Everyone watching this debate will remember, on the previous Government’s watch, the dread of opening their bills and mortgage statements, and seeing just how much their costs had skyrocketed. They will remember being at the supermarket check-out and being forced to put essentials back on the shelf because they cost much more than they did the week before. Some parents will remember sitting at the dinner table and watching their children eat while they went without. For too long, too many people in our communities have gone to work not to build a better future, but simply to scrape by. They worked very hard for the poverty they then experienced.