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HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister’s words of tribute to Alex Salmond and the Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert, and thank him for his kind words about Sir David Amess, whom we remember…16 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsGiven what the Prime Minister said—I agree of course that we must engage and should use that engagement for our national interest—I hope that the Foreign Secretary will…16 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI thank the Prime Minister for that answer. As he knows, China has become a decisive enabler of Russia’s war against Ukraine, now supplying the vast majority of Russia’s imported…16 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsOn debt, we left the Government the second lowest debt in the G7. As the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said— [ Interruption. ]09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsTomorrow, the Government will publish their anticipated changes to employment law. Given the weekend’s events, when did the Prime Minister first become a convert to fire and…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsWhen the Prime Minister talks about security at work, once again it is one rule for him and another rule for everyone else. I know that not everything or everyone has survived his…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs the Institute for Fiscal Studies has said, it is “hard to escape the suspicion” that the Government are attracted to this change because “it would allow for significantly more…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI don’t think that even Lord Alli is buying any of that nonsense. I am not asking about the Budget; I am asking specifically about the promise that the Prime Minister made to the…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsIt is clear that the Prime Minister has opened the door to raising employer national insurance contributions, including on pensions, and fiddling the figures so that he can borrow…09 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am very happy to welcome investments that my Government negotiated, but when it comes to the Prime Minister’s answer on tax, businesses across the country would have found his…09 Oct 2024HANSARDAnniversary of 7 October Attacks: Middle EastI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. Today is the anniversary of 7 October. This modern pogrom—the worst loss of Jewish life since the second world…07 Oct 2024HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his words about Her late Majesty the Queen and in his words about the Princess of Wales. She has been in the thoughts of everyone across the country,…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsWhen I was in government, I delivered record increases in the state pension. We protected the winter fuel payment, and we gave pensioners cost of living benefits. The Prime…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsThey are shouting now, but those arguments did not even convince 50 of the Prime Minister’s own MPs, who suddenly found yesterday that they had urgent business elsewhere. We know…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsThis has— [ Interruption. ]11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsAs a glimpse, in Wales, the Labour Government hammered farmers, hitting them with top-down eco-targets. Labour’s own assessment of those plans said that it would lead to thousands…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsPensioners watching today will have seen that the Prime Minister has repeatedly refused to admit or to publish the consequences of his decision. We will continue holding him to…11 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI am not sure I heard a specific answer, but farmers also do great work to preserve the beauty of the British countryside—something I am sure the Prime Minister will appreciate,…11 Sept 2024HANSARDGrenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 ReportI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of the statement, especially given the timing of Prime Minister’s question time. I associate myself and everyone on this side of the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in paying tribute to the Grenfell community. We will rightly discuss that important issue shortly after Prime Minister’s questions. I also join him in…04 Sept 2024