division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [10th alloted day] &#8212; The Economy
motion: <p class="" pid="a.926.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.926.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House believes the Government has failed to deliver rising living standards and a recovery that works for the many, with working people on average &#163;1,600 a year worse off since 2010; notes that the Office for Budget Responsibility has said that stagnant wages and too many low-paid jobs are leading to lower tax revenues and more borrowing, with the Chancellor of the Exchequer&#8217;s pledge to balance the books by 2015 set to be broken; calls on the Government to bring forward a plan in the Autumn Statement to deliver a recovery for the many, not just a few at the top, with proposals for a minimum wage rising as a proportion of average earnings, an expansion of free childcare for working parents, a cut in business rates for small firms, an independent infrastructure commission, and the building of 200,000 new homes a year; believes that a tough and fair plan to deliver a current budget surplus and falling national debt as soon as possible in the next Parliament would include reversing the Government&#8217;s &#163;3 billion a year tax cut for the top one per cent of earners and introducing tougher measures to tackle tax avoidance; and further believes that the Autumn Statement should use &#163;1 billion of fines from the recent foreign exchange manipulation scandal for an immediate boost to health and care, and announce a &#163;2.5 billion a year fund to help save and transform the NHS, including funding for an extra 20,000 nurses and 8,000 GPs.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.977.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.977.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.977.2/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 239, Noes 313.</p>