Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between George Howarth and Julia Lopez

Thursday 1st October 2020 Commons Chamber

[Julia Lopez]

Consultants play an important role in what the Government try to achieve on particular projects, but the hon. Lady is right: we have concerns about the cost of those consultants and whether we are too reliant on them, and we are actively reviewing that. I am working with my colleague Minister Agnew on these matters.

[Sir George Howarth (Knowsley) (Lab)]

What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the EU on visa arrangements for British workers at the end of the transition period.