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HANSARDSue Gray ReportAgain, I sympathise very much with the experience of the hon. Lady’s constituents and all the pain that people have gone through throughout this pandemic. I must say to her,…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe answer is no, because I am going to wait for the conclusions of the inquiry before any of the assertions that the hon. Lady has made can be established.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI really think the right hon. Gentleman is prejudging things, and he should wait for the conclusion of the inquiries.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThe hon. Lady needs to look at what I said and she needs to look at the outcome of the inquiry.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportYes. That is exactly what the Government are going to do and we will not be distracted for one minute.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI thank my hon. Friend very much; I enjoyed our joint trip to Tilbury this morning. Yes, I do think it is vital, as Sue Gray says, that we learn from this and that we strengthen…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI thank my right hon. and learned Friend. I stress that I have great admiration for and full confidence in the Metropolitan police. I suggest that they now be allowed to get on…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWhat we have to do is wait for the police to conclude their inquiries. That is the proper thing to do. People have given all sorts of evidence in the expectation that it would not…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThat is not what I have said.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI thank my hon. Friend very much. I think he is completely right. The Opposition, of course, want to keep their focus trained on this. That is their decision. I think that what…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportYes, I do. As I have said to the House earlier, I accept the findings of the report in full—the general findings—and we are immediately taking steps to implement the changes.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI refer the hon. Lady to the answer that I have already given.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWhat we are doing is taking the action that I have described to set up a Prime Minister’s department to improve the operation of No. 10. We will be taking further steps in the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportThere is a reason why the right hon. and learned Gentleman said absolutely nothing about the report that was presented by the Government and put in the Library of this House…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportNot only have I accepted full responsibility throughout, but I have apologised repeatedly to the House for any misjudgments that I may have made myself, but, again, I must urge…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI have taken full responsibility throughout the pandemic.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI have repeated several times how sorry I am for any misjudgements that I made, and I continue to apologise for them. All I can say is that we need to get on and await the outcome…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI repeat what I have said: that I am deeply sorry for all the suffering there has been throughout this pandemic, whether of the hon. Gentleman’s constituents or anyone in the…31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportI am not going to speculate about hypothetical questions which, frankly, I reject.31 Jan 2022HANSARDSue Gray ReportWhat we are actually doing is cutting crime by 14% and putting 20,000 more police on the streets.31 Jan 2022