Oral QuestionDepartment for Exiting the European Union

If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 12 March 2018Answered: 15 March 2018

Asked by

Mr David Lammy

LabourTottenham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister (Keir Starmer)

Today we are investing £15.6 billion in the transport infrastructure of the north and of the midlands. We are decisively turning the page on a failed economic model of low investment, and we are backing the talent and prospects of the whole country. Over the coming weeks we will set out plans for further investment and renewal. Our strategic defence review shows that this Government will never gamble with our national security. Through the biggest sustained funding increase since the cold war, we will transform our defence, strengthen our nation and invest in jobs and industry across the United Kingdom. This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.