Oral Question·Ministry of Defence
“What plans his Department has made in the event that the UK does not reach an agreement on its future relationship with the EU by the end of the transition period.”
Tabled: 30 June 2020Answered: 6 July 2020
Asked by
Ruth Jones
Labour — Newport West and Islwyn
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Defence
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
The Government considered all the policies in the autumn Budget carefully, in the context of the difficult fiscal inheritance that we had received from the Conservative party. The decisions to increase employers’ national insurance contributions and reduce the secondary threshold were taken to stabilise the public finances and ensure that money was available for our crucial public services, especially the national health service.