Oral QuestionDepartment for Transport

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 4 October 2022Answered: 13 October 2022

Asked by

John Lamont

ConservativeBerwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Transport

Answer from Hansard

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (Darren Jones)

We plan to raise living standards by boosting economic growth to put more money in people’s pockets, and by developing a comprehensive strategy on child poverty to give every child the best start in life. Already, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility estimates that living standards will increase during this Parliament, at more than double the pace observed in the previous Parliament.