What recent estimate has been made of levels of (a) public and (b) private investment in Bolton. I note that the Government have invested £20 million to create the Bolton College of Medical Sciences through the levelling-up fund, and Bolton received £22.9 million from the towns fund for economic and social regeneration.

I met the chief executive of Bolton and Bury citizens advice bureau. Among its many services, it employs money advisers. However, due to a 10% funding cut by the Money and Pensions Service, my local branch will lose £22,000 or one staff member's salary. With demand for services doubling during energy and cost of living crises, how can the Chancellor push through such cuts? Will he reverse them?

We welcome public sector investment such as the Darwen town deal investing £100 million. However, we are keenly interested to hear what those on the Treasury Bench will do to support capital investment, particularly in manufacturing businesses. We hope that in the forthcoming autumn statement the Government will give some support to our great manufacturers in Lancashire.