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HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationYes, I can confirm that. The fact the Cabinet Office has passed matters to the Metropolitan police is proved by today’s news.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationOne has to wonder. The Labour party’s focus on gatherings two years ago, as alleged, rather than on Ukraine and the Russian troops massing on the border of Europe, is quite…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI do, passionately. I think that the Prime Minister is the best leader for this country, and he would bring to shame any leader that the Labour party might put forward for this…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationI will gladly send the Prime Minister that message. In fact, my hon. Friend’s message is very similar to those that the Prime Minister is hearing from colleagues around the House,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNothing in the law forbade people who were legitimately at work from having a 10-minute coffee break in between meetings, and I am sure that people across the country did that,…25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationWell, I have no reason to be concerned about who the Metropolitan Police Commissioner is.25 Jan 2022HANSARDDowning Street Parties: Police InvestigationNo one is above the law in this country.25 Jan 2022HANSARDCabinet OfficeIn December 2021 , we published the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper on “Transforming Public Procurement”. We intend to bring forward these detailed…20 Jan 2022HANSARDCabinet OfficeIn December 2020, we published the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper on “Transforming Public Procurement”. We intend to bring forward these detailed and…20 Jan 2022HANSARDPress Conference Rehearsal: Consequences for StaffFollowing the long-standing practice of successive Administrations, Her Majesty’s Government do not comment on individual disciplinary matters. The terms of reference for the…13 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisters’ Personal and Lifestyle Costs: Vulnerability to Outside InfluenceIt is absolutely ridiculous to characterise the matter in the way that the hon. Lady does. The reality of the matter is that the Labour party engages in trade union entertainment…13 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisters’ Personal and Lifestyle Costs: Vulnerability to Outside InfluenceAll Ministers are subject to the ministerial code, which requires Ministers to ensure that no conflict arises, or could arise, between their public duties and their private…13 Jan 2022HANSARDMinisters’ Personal and Lifestyle Costs: Vulnerability to Outside InfluenceAs set out in the letter, Lord Geidt has not changed his assessment that no conflict of interest arose from the support provided by Lord Brownlow. The Prime Minister correctly…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Public InquiryMay I take this opportunity to thank the right hon. Lady again for the support she has provided and the work she has done on the infected blood inquiry? It is no exaggeration to…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Public InquiryWe have appointed a very senior figure from the judiciary—a recently retired lady justice of appeal from the Court of Appeal. The Prime Minister has confirmed that the inquiry’s…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsIt is very kind of the hon. Gentleman to be concerned about my position and I am very grateful to him. My position is clear: the Prime Minister answers to the people of this…13 Jan 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsWell, natural justice also requires something on which to impose justice and as yet we do not have any result from the inquiry, so, if I may say so, the right hon. Member is…13 Jan 2022HANSARDCovid-19: Public InquiryOn 15 December, the Prime Minister announced the appointment of the right hon. Baroness Hallett—Heather Hallett—as chair of the public inquiry into covid-19. The inquiry is set to…13 Jan 2022HANSARDPress Conference Rehearsal: Consequences for StaffAs the hon. Gentleman knows, this matter is under the purview of a senior civil servant—the second permanent secretary at the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities,…13 Jan 2022HANSARDGovernment Contracts: Underperforming Suppliers and Legislative ProposalsProcurement or otherwise, I am proud of our civil service, and I hope that the hon. Lady is, too. She criticises the civil service and makes a class warfare-type assertion about…13 Jan 2022