Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dan Tomlinson and Charlie Dewhirst

Tuesday 8th September 2026 Commons Chamber

[The Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office (Dan Tomlinson)]

My hon. Friend is an expert on those matters and is totally right to point to the importance of looking at the demand side of the economy. The Chancellor and Prime Minister have focused on just that, for example, with the cut to VAT on electricity bills and the reinstatement of the £2 cap on bus fares for 2027. My hon. Friend will also support the big focus on the supply side that the Chancellor talked about in his speech yesterday, improving the productive capacity of our economy, so that we can build more homes, labs, transport and power.

[Charlie Dewhirst (Bridlington and The Wolds) (Con)]

T2. I doubt that businesses in East Yorkshire will have taken much comfort from the Chancellor’s words today. With youth unemployment spiralling out of control, what is his message to young people in my constituency unable to find a job as a direct result of the punishing business taxes of his predecessor?