Oral QuestionDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology

If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Tabled: 14 May 2026Answered: 20 May 2026

Asked by

Clive Jones

Liberal DemocratWokingham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Pat McFadden)

My Department has begun its work on helping the Government to deliver on our manifesto, and we are focused on the first steps and missions that we spoke about during the election campaign. We will play our full part in driving forward the announcements made by the Government, such as establishing a national wealth fund, lifting the ban on onshore wind, and beginning the changes needed to get Britain building again. We have also responded to the first module of the covid report published last week, and the Minister without Portfolio, my hon. Friend the Member for Lewisham West and East Dulwich (Ellie Reeves), made a statement on the IT outage, which exposed the fragility of the systems we all rely on.