Oral Question·Department for International Trade
“What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help reduce the effects of (a) inflation and (b) exchange rate fluctuations on the supply chains of Scottish exporters.”
Tabled: 27 October 2022Answered: 3 November 2022
Asked by
Dave Doogan
Scottish National Party — Angus and Perthshire Glens
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for International Trade
Answer from Hansard
The Secretary of State for Transport (Heidi Alexander)
The Government are determined to help local authorities in England to tackle the highways maintenance backlog that is the result of a decade of under-investment by the previous Government. We are making an immediate start by providing an extra £500 million next year—an increase of nearly 50% compared with the current financial year.