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HANSARDEngagementsCan I start by thanking the Prime Minister for the way that he responded to the murder of Ann Widdecombe last week? This is the first opportunity I have had on the Floor of the…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for that answer. No doubt, he will be disappointed that he will not be emulating his hero Harold Wilson in winning multiple elections. However, we all…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI know how much the Prime Minister has come to enjoy our exchanges—in fact, in the King’s Speech debate he told me that on difficult days my input was “always a ray of sunshine.”…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for that answer and for paying tribute to so many of the people he has been able to help. In fact, I remember when I started this job, the Prime…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThat is a lovely statement that the Prime Minister has just made to Pooja; I am sure that the whole House will agree. I think that the whole House will also agree that he gave a…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister may not think so now, but it is a tribute to him that not a single sitting Labour MP could beat him. Not the right hon. Member for Ashton-under-Lyne (Angela…15 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsCan I associate myself and those on the Opposition Benches with the Prime Minister’s comments about Venezuela, and also about the Lib Dems? [ Laughter. ] But seriously, the Chief…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister did not say that it was enough, and that was a very long list of things that he is not yet paying for. It is not right and it is not fair—certainly not to our…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Chief of the Defence Staff is an honourable man, and what he and the NATO Secretary-General have done is welcome the fact that the plan has been published—just that it has…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister says that he is delivering this outside the Budget. That is right: it should have been in the last Budget. The strategic defence review was published last year.…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsIt does not sound as if the Prime Minister has told the right hon. Member for Makerfield to find £5 billion. He says that any Labour Prime Minister would stand behind this plan.…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsWe understand it perfectly, and that is why— [ Interruption. ] Yes, we do. That is why the Prime Minister is leaving and so is his Chancellor. Labour Members are laughing and…01 Jul 2026HANSARDEngagementsOnce again I have to ask: if it is all so fantastic, why is the Prime Minister resigning? It is very generous of him to stick by his Ministers, because they did not stick by him.…24 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI associate the Opposition with the Prime Minister’s remarks on the horrific train crash, the attacks in Edinburgh and, of course, Armed Forces Week. I want to start by…24 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsI think the Prime Minister forgot to mention that we got 50% of the vote in Aberdeen South. He says that he is funding defence; the truth is he would not be in this mess if his…24 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsLabour Members are cheering so loudly, but if it is all going so fine, why is the Prime Minister resigning? The fact is the Chancellor did let him down. She is the one who…24 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe fact is that if the Education Secretary knew so much about poor children, she would not have given them fewer teachers. Teacher numbers have gone down— [ Interruption. ] It is…24 Jun 2026HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman is the one who is resigning because of his MPs. There is no point trying to distract from that. Let’s be honest: the Prime Minister has made…24 Jun 2026HANSARDG7 SummitI thank the Deputy Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. He is right when he says that everyone in this House owes a debt to the Prime Minister, but it is most…22 Jun 2026HANSARDDefence Investment Plan(Urgent Question): To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the effect of the delay in the defence investment plan on our armed forces’ ability to…15 Jun 2026