Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emma Foody and Rachel Reeves

Tuesday 27th January 2026 Commons Chamber

[Emma Foody]

Ministers will be all too aware of my campaign to unlock improvement at Moor Farm roundabout, which is currently holding back growth across the north-east and causing misery to local people on a daily basis. The Government have rightly taken steps to ensure that my region gets its fair share of investment through changes to the Green Book and place-based business cases, but will the Chancellor meet me ahead of the road investment strategy to ensure that we finally get this long overdue investment in a critical piece of north-east infrastructure?

[Rachel Reeves]

My hon. Friend has been a tireless campaigner for the Moor Farm roundabout, which holds back both commuters and businesses, and therefore both growth and prosperity. I will continue to work with her on this. I know that the roundabout is now being properly considered for inclusion in the road investment strategy and I would be happy to meet her to discuss that further.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emma Foody and Rachel Reeves

Tuesday 8th April 2025 Commons Chamber

[Rachel Reeves]

I would be very happy to arrange a meeting for the hon. Lady with the relevant Minister to discuss some of those specific issues around retirement properties. She makes a really important point. We need to make it easier for people to downsize to free up those properties, including in the private sector, so that more homes are available for families.

[Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth) (Lab/Co-op)]

5. What steps she is taking to increase economic growth in the north-east.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Emma Foody and Rachel Reeves

Tuesday 29th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Emma Foody (Cramlington and Killingworth) (Lab/Co-op)]

T9. Residents in my constituency are still feeling the pinch in their pockets and pay packets from Liz Truss’s disastrous mini-Budget. It is vital that this Government fix the foundations of our economy to deliver proper public services and a rise in living standards. Can the Chancellor tell me how she will deliver this for the north-east and for people across the country?

[Rachel Reeves]

My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the disastrous impacts of the Conservative mini-Budget just over two years ago, which is still having an impact on people’s lives as they pay higher mortgage bills. This Government have committed to return sustainability to the economy and to working with business to reform our planning system, our pensions system and our skills system. We have already brought in £63.5 billion of private sector investment to grow our economy in all parts of the country and deliver the jobs and better wages that constituents in Cramlington and right across the country need to see.