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HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateMay I thank my hon. Friend very much for what she has been doing to help refugees in Poland? We talked about it the other day. I know that many other Members across the House are…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank the right hon. Lady very much, and I think that what P&O Ferries did was entirely wrong, as I have told the House before. I made a serious mistake, and I apologise for it…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend for what he has said. I am heartily sorry, as I have said. I wish it had not happened and I wish that things had been totally different. What I have already…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend and repeat my condolences to his friend. On the Starstreak and other systems that we are using—that we are supplying to Ukraine—the Ukrainians are now being…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI repeat what I have said. I know that the hon. Gentleman has experienced bereavement during the pandemic and I am sorry for his loss. I repeat my apologies for what happened in…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateNo.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateIt is very important that the people in this country should understand that, although the country is faced with massive issues that we have to deal with, in the aftershocks of…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateThat is exactly why the Government are focused on those issues. That is what we need to get on with. It is about dealing with the aftershocks of covid, and the impact of the…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI might add to the hon. Lady’s list fixing social care when Labour did absolutely nothing, rolling out the fastest vaccine programme anywhere in Europe and thereby accomplishing…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateAll I can say is that I apologise for what I got wrong. I have explained to the House why I spoke in the House as I did, and what I want to do is get on with the job of the…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateWith permission, Mr Speaker, I will update the House on the Government’s response to events at home and abroad during the Easter recess. I will come to Ukraine in a moment, since…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI must say to my right hon. Friend that I know the care and sincerity with which he weighs his words, and I bitterly regret what has happened and the event in Downing Street, as I…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI make it absolutely clear that in no way do I minimise the importance of this fine. I am heartily sorry for my mistake, and I accept completely the decision of the police.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI agree very much with Lord Denning, and that is why I apologise in the way that I do.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI repeat what I have said earlier. I disagree profoundly with what the right hon. Gentleman has just said, but I repeat my apology to the House and to the country.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateAt all times, I have spoken in good faith to this House.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI apologise again—not just to Jason, but to the families of all those who lost loved ones during covid. I repeat what I told the House earlier.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my right hon. Friend very much, but I think it very important that the Met should conclude its investigation before Sue Gray’s final report.19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI thank my hon. Friend very much indeed. The answer to his question is yes, I will. But that in no way means that I wish to mitigate the offence of which I have been found guilty…19 Apr 2022HANSARD Easter Recess: Government UpdateI repeat my apology and direct the hon. Gentleman to what I said earlier. The people of this country need us to focus on their issues and their priorities, and that is what the…19 Apr 2022