Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Henry Tufnell and Peter Kyle

Thursday 30th October 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Kyle]

I am very grateful to the hon. Lady for welcoming me to the Dispatch Box. We are very aware that we inherited a crisis—a crisis created by the Conservative party, including the state in which they left our global relations, the lack of growth in the economy and the effects of the mini-Budget. The reputation of our country was in tatters as a result and our public services were on their knees, but all of those things are being turned around because of the decisions taken by this Chancellor. The Conservatives should be celebrating the fact that we had the fastest growing economy in the G7 for the first six months of this year, because these are the kinds of actions that show we are getting growth and stability back into our economy, and give businesses the predictability upon which to build future success and prosperity and the creation of jobs. The Conservatives should be celebrating that, not talking our country down.

[Henry Tufnell (Mid and South Pembrokeshire) (Lab)]

4. What recent progress he has made on implementing the industrial strategy.