Oral Question·Department for Business and Trade
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 5 September 2024
Asked by
Paul Waugh
Labour (Co-op) — Rochdale
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Business and Trade
Answer from Hansard
Jonathan Reynolds
I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that question. I meet businesses every day, and my most recent engagement was the breakfast we did on our plans to make work pay, where businesses themselves were pointing out the things they are doing because they value and care for their workforce and will invest in them. The issue in Rochdale he refers to is close to my heart as a Member of Parliament from just down the road in Tameside. I will of course have that meeting with him and continue to work closely with him to deliver on his objectives.