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HANSARDEngagementsThe Tory party chair says that public services are in pretty good shape. Has the Prime Minister met a single member of the public who agrees with him?19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis was in 2013— [Interruption.]19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn 2013, the Home Affairs Committee went on to say that the work I did “should provide a model to…other agencies”, and that “when he leaves the Crown Prosecution Service…he will…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Justice Secretary shakes his head. He should read the judgment. The Court also said that it is “for government to communicate to the courts when prison conditions have…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsHe is living in another world to the rest of us. People waiting more than two days for an ambulance because they broke the NHS. Only one in 100 rapists going to court because they…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsI have prosecuted thousands upon thousands of sex offenders. The Prime Minister has just shown that he does not understand how the criminal justice system works. No wonder he…19 Apr 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe problem with the Prime Minister’s answer is that what he refers to is not mandatory. How can it possibly be right to have different standards for recruitment in different…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsPeople are fed up to the back teeth with a Government who never take responsibility and just try to blame everyone else— [ Interruption. ] If Government Members are proud of the…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI take it from that answer that the Prime Minister does accept the Casey findings in full, including the institutional failures. Nobody reading the Casey report can be left in any…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsToday we remember the innocent lives lost six years ago in the terror attack on Westminster bridge. Among those tragically killed was PC Keith Palmer, who sacrificed his life to…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister stands there and pretends that everything is fine. He is so totally out of touch. He needs to get out of Westminster, get out of Kensington— [ Interruption. ]22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, he needs to get out of Westminster, get out of Kensington—and I do not mean to Malibu, but to the streets of Britain. He needs to go there, tell people it is all fine…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe only criminal investigation that the Prime Minister has ever been involved in is the one that found him guilty of breaking the law. I have prosecuted countless rapists— […22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThank you, Mr Speaker. I have prosecuted countless rapists and I support tougher sentences, but you have to catch the criminals first, and when 98% of rapists are not even being…22 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe problem is that the chair of the BBC is not just any old Tory donor. He is so close to the Prime Minister— [ Interruption. ]15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsLast summer, the Prime Minister claimed that he wanted to protect free speech and put a stop to no-platforming, so how concerned was he by last week’s campaign by Tory MPs to…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe sight of them howling with rage over a tweet and signing green-ink letters in their dozens, desperately trying to cancel a football highlights show, should have been…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsConservative Members are calling for more from a Prime Minister who does not understand that we can disagree with what someone says while still defending their right to say it. If…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe chair of the BBC is no ordinary Tory donor. He is so close to the Prime Minister that he has been described as the Prime Minister’s mentor. He helped to arrange an £800,000…15 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen people with links to the Tory party somehow find themselves in senior positions at the BBC, it is important that their impartiality is seen to be beyond reproach, so has the…15 Mar 2023