Oral QuestionScotland Office

What recent discussions he has had with relevant stakeholders on Scottish livestock numbers.

Tabled: 7 July 2026Answered: 15 July 2026

Asked by

Jerome Mayhew

ConservativeBroadland and Fakenham

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Scotland

Answer from Hansard

Rachel Reeves

My hon. Friend is right to draw attention to the disastrous impacts of the Conservative mini-Budget just over two years ago, which is still having an impact on people’s lives as they pay higher mortgage bills. This Government have committed to return sustainability to the economy and to working with business to reform our planning system, our pensions system and our skills system. We have already brought in £63.5 billion of private sector investment to grow our economy in all parts of the country and deliver the jobs and better wages that constituents in Cramlington and right across the country need to see.