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HANSARDEngagementsAs 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 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 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 2022HANSARDIllegal ImmigrationI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. I also echo his comments about the tragic loss of life in Solihull, which is unimaginably unbearable for the…13 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsLet me start by welcoming the new Member of Parliament for the City of Chester, my hon. Friend the Member for City of Chester (Samantha Dixon), to her place in this House. This…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsDoes the Prime Minister really expect us to believe that the right hon. Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers) and the hon. Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) are…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has obviously not heard what his Transport Secretary said about that legislation this morning. It is obvious why the Government are so opposed to Labour’s plans…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister has forgotten, but last week I offered him Labour votes to pass these housing targets, because this is bigger than politics. A former Housing Secretary on the…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsAs ever, the Prime Minister is too weak to stand up to his own side on behalf of the country. I noticed that there was another U-turn last night; this time on wind farms.…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsIt may not seem like it, but he is supposed to be the Prime Minister. This morning, his Transport Secretary said that his flagship legislation on strikes— [Interruption] —this is…07 Dec 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister’s Levelling Up Secretary, the right hon. Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), who, after all, was Education Secretary for four years—and I see him down…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in saying, “Well done England”, and I hope we will be able to say that next week and the week after. I also send commiserations to Wales, who I am sure…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWould you believe it, Mr Speaker? The simple fact is this: every year, the age at which people can buy their first home goes up. At this rate, under this Government, a child born…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsWhichever way you slice it, it is always the same: whether it is private schools, oil giants or those who do not pay their taxes here, every week the right hon. Gentleman hands…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister really does need to get out more. He talks about aspiration. They are killing off aspiration in this country, and it is not just about education—why is the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister thinks that the route to better education in this country is tax breaks for private schools in the hope that they might hand some of that money down to state…30 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsIf the Conservatives had grown the economy at the same rate as the last Labour Government, we would have tens of billions of pounds more to spend. It was not a trick question. The…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsScrapping the non-dom status would allow us to train 15,000 doctors every year—that is what Labour would do. We can carry on handing out tax breaks to the super-rich, or we can…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, I do not think Tory Members want to hear this. Because of the changes the Prime Minister has made, a typical household will end up paying tax increases of £1,400.…23 Nov 2022HANSARDEngagementsEvery time the Prime Minister opens his mouth, another powerful business voice says that he has not got a plan on growth. The failure of the last 12 years and the chaos of the…23 Nov 2022