Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by the Prime Minister in response to Cheryl Gillan MP on 27 October (HC Deb, col 36), when they will inform Parliament of the share of the European Commission’s new €300 billion investment package which will be borne by the United Kingdom, whether through the European Investment Bank or otherwise; and when the United Kingdom will have to pay it.

Exact details of the package, including financing, are yet to be determined but the European Commission’s Task Force will report to the European Council in December about the next steps. The UK has a great deal of experience to share in this area by virtue of our National Infrastructure Plan and Guarantee Scheme. The Government will inform Parliament about the details at the earliest opportunity.