Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rachel Reeves and Kim Johnson

Tuesday 9th September 2025 Commons Chamber

[Rachel Reeves]

There is a consultation going on and I welcome the hon. Gentleman and others feeding into that. However, if he is serious about backing the builders and not the blockers, why do the Liberal Democrats fail to support the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, both here and in the other House?

[Kim Johnson (Liverpool Riverside) (Lab)]

As the sixth richest economy in the world, we should not have 4.5 million children living in poverty. The former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has proposed raising £3 billion by looking at reforming gambling taxation. Will the Chancellor consider undertaking those reforms so that we can end the epidemic of child poverty?