Oral QuestionForeign and Commonwealth Office

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 11 March 2020Answered: 17 March 2020

Asked by

Mr Toby Perkins

LabourChesterfield

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Darren Jones)

We plan to raise living standards by boosting economic growth to put more money in people’s pockets, and by developing a comprehensive strategy on child poverty to give every child the best start in life. Already, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that living standards will increase during this Parliament, at more than double the pace observed in the previous Parliament.