Oral Answers to Questions

Sarah Jones Excerpts

Tuesday 1st October 2019 Commons Chamber

[The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (John Glen)]

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. He is a powerful advocate for this redress scheme and I thank him for the work that he has done. In our conversation on 10 September, I reiterated the Government’s position that the scheme should not reopen complaints that have sometimes gone multiple times through the courts, but I welcome the fact that the new scheme will give access to 99% of those claims going forward, and I will continue to engage with him where I can to provide solutions on individual cases.

[Sarah Jones (Croydon Central) (Lab)]

T6. Westfield and Hammerson are due to build a new shopping centre in my constituency. Westfield has been bought by Unibail-Rodamco, which is a large French developer, and it has concerns about the state of retail and Brexit, obviously. The previous Chancellor had just agreed to meet the chief exec of Unibail-Rodamco. Will the current Chancellor honour that commitment and meet them?

[Sajid Javid]

I can see that this is an important issue, and I will ensure that a meeting takes place with the appropriate Minister.