Oral Question·Treasury
“What recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on the adequacy of funding for adult education.”
Tabled: 23 January 2019Answered: 29 January 2019
Asked by
Wera Hobhouse
Liberal Democrat — Bath
Answering Minister
the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Answer from Hansard
The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)
The Chancellor and the Defence Secretary meet regularly to discuss defence, including the defence industrial strategy. As part of those discussions, they recently met leaders from the UK financial sector to discuss how private investment can also be leveraged to accelerate defence readiness, building on the commitments made in the defence industrial strategy.