Oral QuestionTreasury

What steps she is taking to support economic growth in Wales.

Tabled: 22 April 2026Answered: 28 April 2026

Asked by

Catherine Fookes

LabourMonmouthshire

Answering Minister

the Chancellor of the Exchequer

Answer from Hansard

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury (James Murray)

The Government are investing in Wales’s industrial future and unlocking economic growth, including by providing £2.5 billion for the UK’s first small modular reactor in Anglesey to support up to 3,000 jobs and power 3 million homes. We have also recently agreed a new £50 million defence growth deal for Wales. We are backing Welsh freeports and investment zones, and we are connecting people and businesses with at least £445 million-worth of rail infrastructure investment right across Wales.