Public Spending: Inheritance - Statement

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords am 12:54 pm ar 30 Gorffennaf 2024.

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Photo of Lord Livermore Lord Livermore The Financial Secretary to the Treasury 12:54, 30 Gorffennaf 2024

I am grateful to the noble Earl for that question. He is absolutely right: productivity must be increased because growth is a central mission of this Government, and we will not increase growth sustainably unless we increase productivity. Growth will not, of course, happen overnight. He asked for a timescale. It is difficult to judge, but we have already made significant progress—probably more progress on growth measures—in the first three weeks of being in government than were made over the past 14 years. They include planning reforms to get Britain building; a national wealth fund to catalyse private investment; a pensions investment review to unlock capital; skills England to boost skills across our country; and work across government on a new industrial strategy.