Oral Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
“What steps she is taking to protect chalk streams.”
Tabled: 28 October 2019Answered: 31 October 2019
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Answer from Hansard
Rachel Reeves
The Conservative party crashed the economy and then wrecked the public finances, leaving us with a £22 billion black hole. The shadow Chancellor is not willing to be straight about the damage he did, and is now trying to pass the buck to independent civil servants. I will always be honest about the public finances and take the tough decisions that we need to fix the foundations of our economy.