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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is not fixing any foundations; he is making everything worse. The whole House will have heard him refuse to repeat the Chancellor’s pledge, a pledge as…27 Nov 2024HANSARDSpeaker’s StatementFurther to that point of order, Mr Speaker. On behalf of the Opposition, I pay tribute to the late John Prescott. Lord Prescott will be remembered for many things: as a committed…25 Nov 2024HANSARD G20 and COP29 SummitsWith your permission, Mr Speaker, may I take this opportunity to express heartfelt condolences on my behalf and that of my party on the death of Lord Prescott. He was a titan of…21 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has nothing to offer but platitudes. The fact is that the Government do not know what they are doing. Their ideological Budget was designed to milk the private…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsEven the Prime Minister must admit that Labour fiddled the fiscal rules. The Office for Budget Responsibility has said that it does not recognise where the additional growth will…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am not against any of those things—[Hon. Members: “Ah!”] Of course not; none of us is against any of those things. But the Prime Minister has confirmed that he does not know…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has repeated that number because he has probably not listened to the Labour-run Local Government Association, which said that with no separate funding for the…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI think the House will have heard that the Prime Minister could neither confirm nor deny whether the cap on council tax was being raised, so I will ask him this: how much extra…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI can pre-prepare my questions, but the Prime Minister needs to answer from his mind. He has made life more expensive with his unilateral commitments but, speaking of making life…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister can plant as many questions as he likes with his Back Benchers, but at the end of the day I am the one he has to face at the Dispatch Box. I welcome him back…13 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI was the one who, as Business Secretary, raised the minimum wage last year; I have a strong record on this. We need to make sure that we balance the books. The Prime Minister’s…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for his almost warm welcome. I echo the comments he has made. It is an immense privilege and the honour of my life to lead the Conservative party. I…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister will not make that commitment; that is very clear. All that he is doing — [Interruption.]06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister did not distance himself from the remarks made by the Foreign Secretary, and I am very sure that President Trump will soon be calling to thank him for sending…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister will not make that commitment, yet the world is getting more dangerous. His Chancellor’s Budget did not even mention defence. The Chancellor’s Budget last week…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsWe have heard the Prime Minister on television repeat the lines “fixing the foundations” and so on, over and over again, but what does he say to farmers who are facing uncertainty…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister does not answer the questions; he just reads the lines the officials have prepared for him. It does not sound like he wants to invite President-elect Trump to…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsWill the Prime Minister show that he and his Government can be more than student politicians by asking you, Mr Speaker, to extend an invitation to President Trump to address…06 Nov 2024HANSARDEngagementsDiscuss, discuss, discuss; chat, chat, chat—the Prime Minister has no plans whatsoever for building on the special relationship. He needs to realise that we in this country rely…06 Nov 2024HANSARDTopical QuestionsI apologise, Mr Speaker. I will check with my office. I cannot say for certain that they did not let the hon. Member know. Does the right hon. Lady agree that reducing the…28 Oct 2024