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HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister avoided the question. Anybody watching would think it is fairly obvious that someone who seeks to avoid tax cannot also be in charge of tax, yet for some…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am glad the Prime Minister accepts those findings. The report also says that staffing vacancies and excessive workloads contributed to those fatal failures. It makes it…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis week, we will remember the 6 million Jews murdered in the holocaust and all those scarred by genocide since as we mark Holocaust Memorial Day. We must all commit, across this…25 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister obviously does not know or does not care. I will tell him: if our heart attack victim had called for an ambulance in Peterborough at 12.03 pm, it would not…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsI am talking about our constituents. If they were in Northampton, the ambulance would not arrive until 2.20 pm. If they were in Plymouth, it would not arrive until 2.40 pm. That…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his comments about the dreadful case of David Carrick. It is three minutes past 12. If somebody phones 999 now because they have chest pains and fear…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThis is not hypothetical; this is real life. Stephanie from Plymouth was battling cancer when she collapsed at home. Her mum rang 999, desperate for help. Stephanie only lived a…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister can deflect all he likes but, for a person suffering chest pains, the clock starts ticking straightaway—every minute counts. That is why the Government say an…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister will not answer any questions and he will not take any responsibility. By 1 pm, our heart attack victim is in a bad way, sweaty, dizzy and with their chest…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsSo, that is the Prime Minister’s answer to Stephanie’s family—deflect, blame others, never take responsibility. Just like last week, he will not say when he will deliver the basic…18 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsIn the 13 years of the last Labour Government, there were no national NHS strikes. If the Prime Minister had negotiated with the nurses before Christmas, they would not be on…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThey have gone from clapping the nurses to sacking the nurses, it is that simple. And to add insult to injury, they are the cause of the crisis. The Prime Minister’s Government…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsSo, the Prime Minister cannot tell us how much he will reduce waiting lists by or when. So much for the accountability he wants. As ever with this Prime Minister, you scratch the…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsThere is not a minimum level of service any day, because the Government have broken the NHS. The Prime Minister is not promising that people will get to see a doctor in a few…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsI heard the Prime Minister saying that he is now registered with an NHS doctor, so he will soon enjoy the experience of waiting on hold every morning at 8 am to get a GP…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsWhen I clapped nurses, I meant it. The Prime Minister’s response to the greatest crisis in the history of the NHS is to threaten to sack our nurses. His Transport Secretary says…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEngagementsAs usual, the Prime Minister tries to blame everyone else. His Department commissioned a report into the NHS that reported on Monday. It said: “We have…had 10 years of managed…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, this is our final PMQs of the year, so I hope— [ Interruption. ] Oh, really. Mr Speaker, what I was going to say is that I hope you will pass on all our thanks, at…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsIn 12 hours’ time, there is a nurses strike. All the Prime Minister needs to do is meet the nurses. His inaction speaks volumes. As ever with this Prime Minister, it is Tory…14 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsNurses going on strike is a badge of shame for this Government. Instead of showing leadership, the Prime Minister is playing games with people’s health, and there is a human cost:…14 Dec 2022