Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Elaine Stewart and Jas Athwal

Wednesday 17th June 2026 Commons Chamber

[Elaine Stewart (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)]

1. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.

[Jas Athwal (Ilford South) (Lab)]

4. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the cost of living in Wales.

[The Secretary of State for Wales (Jo Stevens)]

Let me begin by congratulating all the Welsh recipients of King’s birthday honours, which were announced over the weekend—particularly my hon. Friend the Member for Newport East (Jessica Morden).

We are doing everything we can to tackle the cost of living. We are increasing wages faster than inflation, creating thousands of jobs, helping people into work, and increasing pensions and universal credit, and we are going even further to ease the pressure on families this summer, because tackling the cost of living is the core purpose of this UK Labour Government.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Elaine Stewart and Jas Athwal

Monday 20th January 2025 Commons Chamber

[Jas Athwal (Ilford South) (Lab)]

13. What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using local growth funding to help increase economic growth.

[Elaine Stewart (Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) (Lab)]

22. What discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on using local growth funding to help increase economic growth.