Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Paul Holmes and Simon Hart

Wednesday 25th May 2022 Commons Chamber

[Simon Hart]

I despair sometimes, with the greatest respect. I urge the right hon. Lady to wait, for what should not be a great deal more time, to hear precisely what we have in store on the cost of living challenges. I remind her that, throughout the pandemic and the cost of living challenges, the Treasury has been unbelievably flexible, unbelievably adaptable and, in some respects, unbelievably generous. To try to pre-empt the Chancellor by making cheap political points undermines the value of what those contributions may be, and it does a disservice to the businesses and individuals that the right hon. Lady purports to support.

[Paul Holmes (Eastleigh) (Con)]

3. What steps his Department is taking to support the development of plans for at least one freeport in Wales.