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HANSARDEngagementsWhat a ridiculous answer. The Prime Minister must have been the only person in the country who looked at that photo on Friday morning and thought that the Health Secretary should…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsHaving failed to sack the former Health Secretary, the Prime Minister is trying to take credit for the fact that we have a new Health Secretary. [ Interruption. ] Well, he would…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I join your comments and sentiments about Ian Davis, Mr Speaker, and wish him the very best from all of us in this House? I also congratulate the England team on yesterday’s…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsLet me get this right: the Prime Minister was happy to keep a Health Secretary in place during a pandemic who he not only thought was absolutely “hopeless”, but who he also knew…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Deputy Leader is sitting beside me. The former Health Secretary has done a runner. On Friday, the Prime Minister said that the case was closed. Then on Monday, he tried to…30 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWe all agree that the figures are appalling. The question is why. The Government’s own review makes it clear that rape convictions and prosecutions have halved since 2016—halved.…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsYou can always tell when he is losing, Mr Speaker. [ Interruption. ]23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsOn the Prime Minister’s watch, rape prosecutions and convictions are at a record low, court backlogs are at a record high, victims are waiting longer for justice and criminals are…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsI spent five years as Director of Public Prosecutions, prosecuting thousands of rape cases. I do not need lectures, but I do know the impact of cuts in our criminal justice…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat an appalling answer. I asked the Prime Minister why 98.4% of cases are not getting into the system and he talks about sentence. That is the problem. If he thinks that is the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister knows very well why we voted against his Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: precisely because it did more to protect statues than women. But since he…23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhy, under this Government, has the number of rape convictions and prosecutions fallen to a record low?23 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsYet again, it is not what the Government have done; it is what is needed now in light of the decision taken this week. UKHospitality says that the sector will lose £3 billion…16 Jun 2021HANSARD G7 and NATO SummitsI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. It was a Labour Government and a Labour Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin, who helped found NATO, and it is an…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat I have learned is that the worse the position for the Prime Minister, the more pathetic it gets. Is he really suggesting that the 20,000 people who came in from India were…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe question was: what is the Prime Minister’s explanation for our high rates of the delta variant? Answer came there none, other than that, apparently, we understand the…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsIf the Prime Minister put as much effort into protecting our borders as he does to coming up with ridiculous excuses, the country would be reopening next week. Even now, what do…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis is absurd. I have, on seven occasions at PMQs, raised the question of the borders with the Prime Minister. They are all marked up in the transcript; they are all there in…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I join with the Prime Minister’s remarks in relation to Sir Roy Stone? This week also marks the fourth anniversary of the Grenfell fire tragedy, in which 72 people lost their…16 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThat would sound a lot better if the Prime Minister was not the only G7 leader cutting his aid budget. I hear what he says about vaccines, but we also need clear global agreement…09 Jun 2021