Oral Question·Treasury
“What progress he has made on reducing the amount of income tax that people pay.”
Tabled: 23 January 2019Answered: 29 January 2019
Asked by
Nigel Huddleston
Conservative — Droitwich and Evesham
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)
We are reforming Government procurement rules so that we can buy more that is made in this country, and we have already changed the rules on steel, shipbuilding, energy infrastructure and artificial intelligence. But I do not just want big companies to be able to get contracts; I want to help smaller businesses and charities to access Government procurement. The Government are the biggest buyer of goods and services in the economy, and I want more of that money to be spent here in Britain.