Oral Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 21 October 2026Answered: 27 October 2026
Asked by
Dame Harriett Baldwin
Conservative — West Worcestershire
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I think everybody welcomes the £5 billion over the next two years that we put in the Budget— [ Interruption. ] Opposition Members shake their heads, but we have put in £350 million in the last week alone, compared with the £300 million underspend by the last Government. As the hon. Gentleman well knows, in an ordinary family case the threshold is £3 million, which means the vast majority of farmers will be unaffected.