Oral Question·Cabinet Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 15 January 2026Answered: 22 January 2026
Asked by
Peter Swallow
Labour — Bracknell
Answering Minister
the Minister for the Cabinet Office
Answer from Hansard
Chris Ward
I absolutely do. As I have said previously, Britain should become Britain’s biggest customer. We have a procurement budget of £400 billion a year. In my opinion, we do not use that well enough to support British companies, but I am working with the Chancellor and colleagues across the Government to make sure that we do so in future.