Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lord Hammond of Runnymede and Susan Elan Jones

Tuesday 18th April 2017 Commons Chamber

[Mr Hammond]

I have never said that I was not concerned about the exchange rate. I have said that the Government do not take a view on what the appropriate exchange rate should be; that is very much a matter for the markets to determine. I am sure that the hon. Gentleman will have been delighted to note that my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister’s statement this morning has sent sterling up in the markets, demonstrating the confidence that the markets have in a future for this country under a Tory Government with a new mandate.

[Susan Elan Jones (Clwyd South) (Lab)]

9. What meetings he has had with his (a) EU counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues on tackling tax evasion and avoidance.