thank you. reducing the deficit and placing debt as reducing the deficit and placing debt as a reducing the deficit and placing debt as a percentage of gdp on a downward debt as a percentage of gdp on a downward path was also essential to rebuild downward path was also essential to rebuild fiscal space to provide scope rebuild fiscal space to provide scope to rebuild fiscal space to provide scope to respond to future economic shocks scope to respond to future economic shocks a scope to respond to future economic shocks. a responsible approach to repairing shocks. a responsible approach to repairing the uk s public finances are following the financial crisis was essential. i have no doubt that taking was essential. i have no doubt that taking those steps to repair the uk s taking those steps to repair the uk 5 public taking those steps to repair the uk s public finances in the years following s public finances in the years following the financial crisis of
health. changed the landscape of public health, did it not, because it transferred to local authorities public transferred to local authorities public health features, and the involvement of directors of public health involvement of directors of public health. so, from that time, from 2012. health. so, from that time, from 2012, those health. so, from that time, from 2012, those areas of public health were 2012, those areas of public health were no 2012, those areas of public health were no longer funded through the department of health in the way that they had department of health in the way that they had been before. mr osborne also says they had been before. mr osborne also says in they had been before. mr osborne also says in paragraph 71 of his witness also says in paragraph 71 of his witness statement, we don t need to put this witness statement, we don t need to put this up. witness statement, we don t need to put this up, that the department of health put