Oral QuestionCabinet Office

What recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of voter ID on levels of enfranchisement.

Tabled: 20 May 2021Answered: 27 May 2021

Asked by

Dame Angela Eagle

LabourWallasey

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

Since I became Chancellor, our economy has grown by 2.3%—the fastest growth among European G7 economies in that period. Over that time, we have progressed our strategy for stronger and more secure growth through fiscal stability by bringing in an additional £120 billion in public investment, by crowding in private investment through the National Wealth Fund and the British Business Bank, because I changed our fiscal rules; and by removing structural barriers to growth, including through big reforms to our planning and pensions systems and through progress on reducing regulatory burdens, particularly on smaller businesses.