Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rushanara Ali and Helen Hayes

Tuesday 1st October 2019 Commons Chamber

[Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab)]

1. What recent assessment he has made of the economic effect of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement.

[Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)]

11. What assessment he has made of the effect on the economy of the risk of the UK leaving the EU without an agreement.

[The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Sajid Javid)]

We would prefer to leave with a deal, and we continue to work energetically and determinedly to get a better deal, but the Government are turbo charging their preparations to ensure we are ready to leave without a deal on 31 October. All necessary funds have been made available. The fundamentals of the British economy are strong: real wages are growing; employment is at a record high; and unemployment is at an historic low.