Oral QuestionTreasury

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 27 August 2024Answered: 3 September 2024

Asked by

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

Rachel Reeves

Before I became a Member of Parliament I was an economist at the Bank of England and I respect the independence of the Bank of England. The previous Government undermined that independence. That contributed to the economic chaos that we saw under the last Conservative Government. This Government will never go down that route.