that is a decision we have taken, including extra money into lewisham, and she is on the side of cutting money into the nhs. what we have done, which the previous government did not, is set out there will be no change is due nhs configurations unless they have the support of local gp's, on public and patient engagement, unless they are backed by scientific evidence and provide support for patient choice. those sorts of protections were never there under the last government. they are now. >> thank you, mr. speaker. in light of last week's positive growth figures, does the prime minister agree with me that policies requiring yet more spending, more borrowing, more debt on the precise opposite of what our country needs? >> my honorable friend is entirely right. the news last week was welcome that the economy is growing, unemployment is coming down, inflation is coming down, the rate of small business creation is going up. there are a million more people employed in the private sector than were employed two years ago. the one absolute certainty is that the worst approach, and he confirms thi