Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to strengthen Wales’ place in the Union.
Answered by Jo Stevens
Wales benefits from being a part of the United Kingdom and the UK is stronger for having Wales in it.
We will do whatever it takes to strengthen the union by focusing on our economic, national, and energy security. This is a UK Government that is fully focused on delivering the priorities of the people of Wales – tackling the cost of living, supporting our steelmaking communities, and delivering generational investment in Welsh rail.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what discussions she has had with the Welsh Government on strengthening the Union.
Answered by Anna McMorrin - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Wales Office)
I have regular discussions with the Welsh Government on how our two governments are delivering, investing in Wales’s future and strengthening our union.
Through a record budget settlement for the Welsh Government, alongside our investment into Welsh rail, Growth Deals, Investment Zones, Freeports, Pride in Place Funds and our Defence Growth Deal for Wales – we are working together to improve public services, support communities, drive jobs, and deliver economic growth.
Asked by: Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough)
Question to the Wales Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent progress the Government has made on a North Wales growth deal.
Answered by Guto Bebb
I visited Coleg Cambria last week to attend the North Wales Growth Deal Summit with the Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary Ken Skates, the North Wales Economic Ambition Board, Mersey Dee Alliance, the Rail Task Force, CBI and the FSB.
It is vital that partners come together to bring forward a deal that works across the border and drives economic growth.