Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Dan Tomlinson and Leigh Ingham

Tuesday 28th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[Dan Tomlinson]

We on the Labour Benches are fiscally responsible. We will make sure that we continue to get borrowing down in a sustainable way, as we did over the last financial year, when borrowing fell by £20 billion. Whenever the Conservatives have had the chance, they have borrowed more, which pushes up interest rates for families and means that we have to have higher taxes in the long run. That is not the approach that we will take. The plans that the Conservatives set out in their final Budget before they left office would have seen fuel duty increase every single year. Instead, we have frozen it since we took over.

[Leigh Ingham (Stafford) (Lab)]

9. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure Government procurement supports British businesses.