Oral QuestionDepartment for Work and Pensions

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 23 June 2020Answered: 29 June 2020

Asked by

Paul Holmes

ConservativeHamble Valley

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

My hon. Friend makes a very good point. We are backing British car companies such as JLR, and our India trade deal will see tariffs slashed for car sales, which is good for British jobs. The criticism of the double taxation is incoherent nonsense. It is a benefit to working people; it is in the agreements that we already have with 50 other countries. If the hon. Member for Clacton (Nigel Farage) or the Leader of the Opposition are seriously suggesting that they are going to tear up agreements with 50 other countries, creating a massive hole in our economy, they should get up and say so.