Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Caroline Voaden and Kate Dearden

Thursday 15th October 2026 Commons Chamber

[Kate Dearden]

Regrettably, trading standards has faced a real-terms funding cut of more than 50% since 2010, under the previous Government. The system is therefore under severe strain. I back the incredible work that it does across the country and know how much support it needs. That is why we are committed to backing it and those longer-terms plans to overhaul the wider consumer protection landscape and particularly trading standards to help it continue cracking on with its brilliant job.

[Caroline Voaden (South Devon) (LD)]

9. What discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of data centre developments on resource capacity in the south-west.