Oral Question·Department for Work and Pensions
“What recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of social security payments in the context of increases in the cost of living.”
Tabled: 17 January 2023Answered: 23 January 2023
Asked by
Brendan O'Hara
Scottish National Party — Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Answer from Hansard
The Minister for Trade Policy and Economic Security (Mr Douglas Alexander)
I can assure the House that we are in regular touch with the Scotch Whisky Association. We fully appreciate the significance and importance of that industry not just to Scotland but to the UK. As my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State said, we are well served by a serious Prime Minister in these serious times, which affords us the opportunity for a dialogue in trade frankly not available to other countries.