Oral Question·Scotland Office
“If he will make a comparative assessment of the effect of covid-19 on the Black community in Scotland and England.”
Tabled: 1 September 2020Answered: 9 September 2020
Asked by
Kim Johnson
Labour — Liverpool Riverside
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Scotland
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
We are investing in Britain’s future and putting in place the plans needed to get Britain building again after 14 years of Tory failure. Since the election, we have had five interest rate cuts, wages have risen more in the first 10 months of this Labour Government than they did in the first 10 years of the previous Conservative Government, and we are the fastest growing economy in the G7 in the first half of this year.