Turning to the Liberal Democrats, Mr Bone said that if they had their way Britain would be in the euro and and in a "complete financial mess".

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Mr Paterson said he was a strong supporter of the military in Northern Ireland, but the government had inherited a "complete mess" from Labour and "sadly" very difficult decisions had to be made.

BBC: Northern Ireland questions

It accuses Education Secretary Michael Gove of making a "complete mess" of the schools capital budget, not least in axing BSF, including halting planned rebuilds for hundreds of secondary schools.

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