division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; (Un-allotted Day) &#8212; Jobs and Growth
motion: <p class="" pid="a.356.2/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.356.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes that there has been no growth in the UK economy over the last nine months, compared to 1.8 per cent. growth in the previous nine months; further notes that families are feeling the squeeze, unemployment is rising again and the recovery was choked off last autumn, well before the eurozone crisis of recent months; agrees with the International Monetary Fund&#8217;s managing director that &#8216;growth is necessary for fiscal credibility&#8217; and the IMF&#8217;s recent report which warned that &#8216;if activity were to undershoot current expectations and risk a period of stagnation&#8217; the Government should &#8216;consider delaying some of their planned consolidation&#8217;; further notes that borrowing is forecast to be &#163;46 billion higher than planned because of the slower growth and higher unemployment arising from the Government&#8217;s policy of cutting spending and raising taxes too far and too fast; further believes that the Government need a plan for jobs and growth if the deficit is to be reduced in a sustainable way; and calls on the Government to implement a steadier deficit plan and the Opposition&#8217;s five point plan for jobs, which includes a tax on bank bonuses to fund 100,000 jobs for young people, bringing forward long-term investment projects, reversing temporarily the VAT increase to provide an average &#163;450 increase for a couple with children, implementing a one-year cut in VAT on home improvements, repairs and maintenance to five per cent, and a one-year national insurance tax break for small firms taking on extra workers.</p>
  
  <p pid="a.446.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put forthwith, </i>That the Question be now put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.446.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Question agreed to.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.446.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question accordingly put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.446.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.446.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 244, Noes 315.</p>