Oral QuestionDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

“What steps she is taking to close the digital divide between people (a) with and (b) without access to the internet.”

Tabled: 3 February 2022Answered: 10 February 2022

Asked by

Stephen Morgan

Labour — Portsmouth South

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Answer from Hansard

The Chancellor of the Exchequer (Rachel Reeves)

Sorry, Mr Speaker, bear with me. [ Laughter. ] This Government are committed to growing the economy, and we were the fastest-growing economy in the G7 in the first half of this year. We have done three trade deals and cut interest rates five times—and I did not even need my notes to remember all that.