Oral Answers to Questions Debate

Full Debate: Read Full Debate
Department: HM Treasury

Oral Answers to Questions

Cat Smith Excerpts
Tuesday 1st December 2015

(8 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
Read Full debate Read Hansard Text Read Debate Ministerial Extracts
George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

My hon. Friend and constituency neighbour is right. Support for Cheshire science goes across the county, and it particularly supports the brilliant work being done in Macclesfield and Alderley Park not just by AstraZeneca but by many new companies that have come to that estate. It is something that I know he champions.

Cat Smith Portrait Cat Smith (Lancaster and Fleetwood) (Lab)
- Hansard - -

T10. When does the Chancellor expect the UK to regain its triple A credit rating?

George Osborne Portrait Mr Osborne
- Hansard - - - Excerpts

As the hon. Lady knows—she has asked me about this before—we have a triple A credit rating with one credit rating agency, and we will let the others make their own decisions.