Oral Question·Department for Exiting the European Union
“What recent assessment he has made of the effect of the UK leaving the EU Customs Union on the economy.”
Tabled: 25 January 2018Answered: 1 February 2018
Asked by
Emma Lewell
Labour — South Shields
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union
Answer from Hansard
The Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasury (Torsten Bell)
Increasing investment in the UK, both public and private, is the Government’s absolute priority. It is the route to restarting badly needed productivity and wage growth. As the hon. Member will know, at the international investment summit, companies committed to a record-breaking £63 billion-worth of investment, which is set to help to create around 30,000 jobs.