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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister comes here today with these mealy-mouthed platitudes, pretending that the actions of his party are nothing to do with him, but the whole country saw how he kept…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationToday’s Budget changes nothing. Again, we see a failure to grip the long-term challenges and no determination to create growth, which unlocks the potential of the many. Working…15 Mar 2023HANSARD Budget Resolutions and Economic SituationThank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. May I say that it is good to see you back in the Chair? For all the hype, this is a Budget for growth that downgrades the growth forecast. The…15 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 2023HANSARDEngagementsAll that nonsense because the Prime Minister does not want to answer the question. He knows what the answer is. The number is 21. I thought he was a man of detail. The number is…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister stood there last year saying exactly the same thing. We said that it would not work; the Government passed the law and the numbers went up. Absolutely deluded.…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister was serious about stopping the boats, he would steal our plan on stopping the boats, smash the gangs, sort out the returns and clean up the utter mess. […08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsNobody on the Labour Benches wants open borders. Those on the Conservative Benches have lost control of the borders. The Prime Minister promised the country that the Bill will…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsToday, on International Women’s Day, we celebrate the successes of women in our society. It is a crying shame that, as we do so, we face legislation that drives a coach and horses…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsI thought that the Prime Minister was supposed to be a man of detail, but he has gone to all those lengths to avoid the detail. He knows the answer to the question—less than 1% of…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen I was in charge of prosecutions, I extradited countless rapists and the conviction rate for people smuggling was twice what it is today. I voted against the Prime Minister’s…08 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is never happier than when he is pretending that everything is fine or blaming someone else—and didn’t we just see it there? He is choosing tax avoiders over…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsHere is the thing: all CEOs of businesses are saying there is only one party with a plan for growth, and it is this party here. There is one party that broke the economy, and its…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe dictionary definition of unfunded commitments is last year’s kamikaze Budget. We are the only country in the G7 that is still poorer than it was before the pandemic, and the…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsCan I join the Prime Minister in wishing everybody a happy St David’s Day? After 13 years of Tory failure, the average family in Britain will be poorer than the average family in…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister introduced a tax on Shell and it has not paid a penny—fantastic work! If he were serious about investing in the future of the country, he would start with…01 Mar 2023HANSARDEngagementsHouse building is at the lowest level for 75 years. A whole generation of people are desperate to get on the housing ladder. Thirteen years in power, and all the Prime Minister…01 Mar 2023HANSARD Northern Ireland ProtocolI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement and for the briefing that I was given earlier this afternoon. I would like to start by joining the Prime Minister in…27 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is biting his tongue, but at some point the irreconcilables on his Benches are going to twig, and they are going to come after him. The former trade Minister…22 Feb 2023HANSARDEngagementsIt is not my questions he is avoiding; it is Conservative Members’ questions he is avoiding. The Prime Minister’s predecessors wasted months pushing the Northern Ireland Protocol…22 Feb 2023