Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rachel Reeves and Tracy Gilbert

Tuesday 20th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Rachel Reeves]

The only reason that we have been able to grow the economy and get those cuts in interest rates, which help working families in Canterbury and right across our country, is because we have returned stability to our economy. That means never making a policy commitment without being able to say where the money comes from, which is what got our country into a mess under the previous Government. We have set out the policies that we needed to put investment into the NHS and secure our public finances.

[Tracy Gilbert (Edinburgh North and Leith) (Lab)]

T2. Last month, Firth Ports officially opened the Charles Hammond berth at the port of Leith, in a £100 million private investment to create Scotland’s largest renewables hub. Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming that investment in Leith and set out how she is working with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that green manufacturing and supply chain jobs are created in Scotland?