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Written Question
Environment Protection: Finance
Thursday 20th April 2017

Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to match, post-Brexit, the funding provided by the European Investment Bank for the environment and water industry within the UK; and what long-term plans they intend to have in place to guarantee future funding.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Shadow Minister (Treasury)

The Government is in the process of assessing the contribution the EIB makes in the UK, including in the water sector, but we are clear that the future relationship between the UK and the EIB will be a matter for the Article 50 negotiations.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 25 May 2016
Queen’s Speech

"My Lords, it is a great pleasure to follow the Minister’s contribution to the debate on the gracious Speech. As we would have expected, he has put the best spin on some rather thin pickings in the Government’s legislative programme, and although I would not expect him to admit it, …..."
Baroness Jones of Whitchurch - View Speech

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Written Question
Primary Education: Free School Meals
Tuesday 3rd November 2015

Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)

Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the funding of free school meals for infants schools will be protected in the forthcoming spending review.

Answered by Lord O'Neill of Gatley

The continuation of universal infant free school meals was a commitment in the Conservative Party’s election manifesto.


The government is currently conducting a Spending Review across all of its programmes.