Oral QuestionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

What assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of (a) a reduction in public expenditure and (b) the cost of living crisis on children in food poverty.

Tabled: 9 November 2022Answered: 17 November 2022

Asked by

Kim Johnson

LabourLiverpool Riverside

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

I am sure that Margaret would be pleased to see the incredible investment going into the area and the 4,000 jobs that are growing the economy. The state of our local councils was left completely damaged by the last Government. She knows that, and everybody knows that.