Oral Question·Treasury
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 28 October 2026Answered: 3 November 2026
Asked by
Ian Byrne
Labour — Liverpool West Derby
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)
My hon. Friend is right: nobody in our country should be relying on emergency food parcels. The Trussell Trust figures have shown falls over the last two years—for the first time since it has produced the data—but there is much more to do. I am happy to meet him.