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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister cannot name a single place because nothing is happening. He stood at the Dispatch Box and promised five local inquiries. On the last day of term, he had his…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsIn the last year of the Conservative Government, we had a gangs taskforce that found 500 perpetrators, protecting thousands of victims. We launched the inquiry that the Prime…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsOn Monday, the Prime Minister’s safeguarding Minister—the Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department, the hon. Member for Birmingham Yardley (Jess Phillips)—admitted on the…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThese are just distraction tactics. The Prime Minister has not read the recommendations, because if he had, he would know that none of them would tackle this issue. The fact is,…30 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThere was no apology to the hon. Member for Canterbury. There is no taking of responsibility. The Prime Minister talks about political football; he practically kicked her out of…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is clearly so uncomfortable talking about this subject. This is a choice between a Conservative party that stood up for common sense and a Labour party that…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI will tell the Prime Minister what I did. I stopped the gender— [ Interruption. ] I will, I will. When his Labour leader in Scotland was whipping his MSPs to get male rapists…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsWho is playing political football now? The Prime Minister has no answers. Yesterday, Labour MP after Labour MP challenged the ruling. He should be more worried about his Back…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister cannot bring himself to admit that he was wrong; that was the question. He spoke about respect and dignity, compassion and lowering the temperature, so will he…23 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsI, too, wish everyone a happy St George’s day. Can I also associate myself with the remarks about the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis on Easter Monday? Being married to a…23 Apr 2025HANSARD“For Women Scotland” Supreme Court RulingI thank the Minister for Women and Equalities for advance sight of her statement, even if it was mostly a shameless work of fiction. I could not believe my eyes, or my ears, this…22 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillWhen you are negotiating, you do not have— [ Interruption. ] Labour Members are cheering and laughing because they love this; they think that the public taking on billions of…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) Billrose—12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. I would like advice on how to counter the points the Secretary of State is making, given that they are factually incorrect and a complete…12 Apr 2025HANSARDSteel Industry (Special Measures) BillLabour cannot negotiate. We were negotiating a modernisation deal that would have had limited job losses, just as we had in Port Talbot. The Labour Government inherited a…12 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister talks about inflation. We left it at 2%. It is now twice what the OBR forecast when we were in government. The fact is that his decisions have made our economy…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe triple lock was a Conservative policy— [ Interruption . ]02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe only mess is the one that the Prime Minister made with his Budget. They had an emergency Budget last week that fixed nothing. He says that he is bringing stability, but all we…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsRather than the Prime Minister congratulating himself on what we did, why don’t we talk about what he is doing? From Sunday, Labour’s job tax will mean that many British…02 Apr 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not want to talk about Birmingham, and that is because he knows the situation. I will say it again: 17,000 tonnes of rubbish on Birmingham’s streets.…02 Apr 2025