Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lucy Powell and Steve Barclay

Tuesday 26th January 2021 Commons Chamber

[Steve Barclay]

It continued throughout; that is just a statement of fact. In terms of the wider package, I would refer the hon. Lady to the fact that the UK Government have provided £280 billion-worth of support and that bodies such as the International Monetary Fund have said that the UK’s economic response has been one of the best examples of co-ordinated action globally. We are able to do that because we are working as one United Kingdom acting together and using the broad shoulders of the UK.

[Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) (Lab/Co-op)]

What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of financial support schemes for businesses during the covid-19 outbreak.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Lucy Powell and Steve Barclay

Tuesday 15th September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Steve Barclay]

The hon. Lady should point out to those same workers that this Government have allocated an unprecedented £4 billion of guaranteed funding to the Welsh Government to enable them to allocate funding under what is a devolved matter. If she is drawing attention to the fact that there is a shortfall in what she feels should be going to care workers in her constituency, she needs to address why more of that £4 billion is not being allocated to care workers in what is a devolved issue.

[Lucy Powell (Manchester Central) (Lab/Co-op)]

What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy on sectoral support for manufacturers during the covid-19 outbreak.