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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister can waffle for as long as he likes, but we know that Labour promised to bring energy bills down by £300. Instead, bills are going up. He is freezing pensioners…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsIt is so hard to believe anything the Prime Minister says. This is a man who needed “emergency” voice coaching on Christmas eve. This Government are so clueless they are borrowing…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsI am speaking on behalf of the people of this country. When Labour negotiates, our country loses. The Prime Minister talks about bringing growth and investment. Last week, he lost…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThat is a weak answer, because the Prime Minister does not know what is going on. Last week, I asked about the employment Bill; he did not know what was going on. We asked about…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsHow can anyone believe that this man is defending UK interests when he bends the knee to anyone who asks him? His answer was so weak and so waffly it is no wonder that he needs a…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsWhen Labour negotiates, our country loses. Yesterday, we heard that the Government offered £18 billion for Mauritius to take our territory in the Chagos islands. This is money…05 Feb 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not know what his Bill is doing. He should listen to business, which is terrified of this Bill. The only workers he cares about are lawyers, but it is not…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe arrogance of the Prime Minister is that he thinks that it is his Government who create growth. He is wrong. It is business that creates growth. Our economy is built by…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister forgets that his own Chancellor blocked an airport in her constituency. They are hypocrites. Let us talk about the employment Bill. Part 1 of the Bill means…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsAll the Prime Minister’s ideas are the ones that we thought up. He needs to make sure that we deliver growth now, as well as in the future. To grow our economy, we must get more…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not want to talk about the employment Bill because he does not know about it. Last week he misled the House. He was not on top of his own Education Bill—29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsLast week, the Prime Minister claimed to have laid down an amendment that he had not made. He does not know what is going on in here or out there. Last week, I spoke to a woman…29 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsMay I take this opportunity to solemnly commemorate the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz? We remember the 6 million Jewish men, women and children who were…29 Jan 2025HANSARDPrime MinisterThe Prime Minister thinks that he can distract people from what is wrong with the Bill. This is not about breakfast clubs and school uniforms. Teachers and parents will be…28 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe right hon. and learned Gentleman did not even bother voting on that Bill. He talks about safeguarding measures, but that is not what the issue is—this is about the reforms…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister thinks that he can distract people from what is wrong with the Bill. This is not about breakfast clubs and school uniforms. Teachers and parents will be…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister needs to get out more and speak to schools. I was at the Harris academy just this month, and what is it saying? The Bill reverses two decades of progress. It is…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThe facts speak for themselves: standards went up under Conservative Governments. What we need to know is who is benefiting. Everyone is asking: who is benefiting from these…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsThat is nonsense. The amendment that the Prime Minister is talking about does not address the issue. He raises academies, and that is exactly what I am talking about. Like every…22 Jan 2025HANSARDEngagementsMay I take this opportunity to welcome the release of hostages, including Emily Damari, from barbaric captivity? I also know that the thoughts of many will be with the victims of…22 Jan 2025