Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What assessment she has made of the potential effect of reducing universal credit and working tax credit by £20 a week in April 2021 on (a) average working age and (b) levels of child poverty.”
Tabled: 13 October 2020Answered: 19 October 2020
Asked by
Dame Diana Johnson
Labour — Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Prime Minister
I thank my hon. Friend for raising this matter. As negotiations are ongoing, we remain committed to the Genetic Technology (Precision Breeding) Act 2023 and supporting new innovative technologies, as he will be pleased to know. The EU accepts that there will need to be areas where we retain our own rules, and we will always prioritise British interests as we negotiate our SPS agreement.