Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 2 December 2021Answered: 9 December 2021
Asked by
Alex Sobel
Labour (Co-op) — Leeds Central and Headingley
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Deputy Prime Minister
The hon. Member talks about austerity, but I gently say to him that we have given the biggest amount of increase to Scotland— [ Interruption. ] I have covered this point in an earlier question. We are absolutely committed to ending child poverty. We have already introduced free school meals, we are already supporting families and we have given a living wage rise to millions of workers that need it. We are getting on with the job of rebuilding Britain. The hon. Member has had decades of failure in Scotland, and it deserves better.