Spending Review 2025 Debate

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Department: HM Treasury

Spending Review 2025

Louise Jones Excerpts
Wednesday 11th June 2025

(3 days, 8 hours ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rachel Reeves Portrait Rachel Reeves
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I thank the right hon. Gentleman and member of the Treasury Select Committee for his question. We have made the allocation to the Department of Health and Social Care—an annual uplift of £29 billion—and it will be up to the Secretary of State to allocate that money, but I will make sure that he has heard the right hon. Gentleman’s question and that he gets a proper reply to him.

Louise Jones Portrait Louise Jones (North East Derbyshire) (Lab)
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With a £2.5 billion investment into nuclear in Derby, £2.5 billion into nuclear fusion in north Nottinghamshire, and half a billion into steel suitable for use in the nuclear industry in Sheffield, my constituency is surrounded by wonderful opportunities in these industries of the future. Can the Chancellor outline what more we can do to support young people in my constituency to access careers in those industries?