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HANSARDEngagementsMr Speaker, let me take this very slowly for the Prime Minister. The Collins review, commissioned by the Government, was very clear: if the Collins proposed action is not taken,…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister pretends he is here for the other kids. The report says that the attainment gap will go up by between 10% and 24% if the action is not taken, and he has just…09 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 2021HANSARDEngagementsLet me get this right. In February, the Prime Minister appoints an expert to come up with a catch-up plan for education—a highly respected expert, who consults widely and comes up…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis is the first PMQs since the Prime Minister and Carrie got married, so may I offer my warm congratulations to the Prime Minister and his wife and wish them a happy life…09 Jun 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is not me giving evidence this morning; it is his former adviser, and I note the Prime Minister is careful not to refute these allegations. What we are seeing today is the…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister cannot have it both ways. Either his former adviser is telling the truth, in which case the Prime Minister should answer the allegations, or the Prime Minister…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsCan I remind the Prime Minister that one year ago, almost to the day, he said of his former adviser “in every respect he has acted responsibly, legally and with integrity”? This…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsIt is no good the Prime Minister attacking me. It is his former chief adviser who is looking back and telling the world how useless the Prime Minister was in taking key…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I join the Prime Minister in his comments about Hillsborough and Mike Weatherley? This morning, the Prime Minister’s former closest adviser said: “When the public needed us…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI can see that the evidence of his former adviser is really getting to the Prime Minister this morning in that response. Another incredibly serious statement from the Prime…26 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsThat completely swerves the question. The point was that, if it is only in “extreme circumstances” —the Prime Minister’s words—why make it easier to go? Let us test it by looking…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think everybody would agree that, having moved 170 countries to the amber list, absolute clarity is needed about the circumstances in which people can travel to an amber…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister is just wrong again; we have called for a blanket hotel quarantine for months. I have raised it here at Prime Minister’s questions three times. The Government…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think that’s an “I don’t know”. The suggestion that in the last few days there has been a 95% drop-off in travel to amber list countries does not hold water. I am trying to…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI think that is a yes: that the risk of other variants coming through our borders is one of the biggest threats to unlocking. We are not just talking about the Indian variant; we…19 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI welcome the Prime Minister’s comments on the Ballymurphy inquest and the sentiment behind them. Does the Prime Minister agree that the single biggest threat to hitting the 21…19 May 2021HANSARDCovid-19 UpdateMay I thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement? I obviously welcome the independent inquiry into the pandemic and the establishing of a UK commission on covid…12 May 2021HANSARDDebate on the AddressBefore I turn to the Address, I want to pay tribute to Her Majesty. This was Her Majesty’s 67th Queen’s Speech. At a time of incredible personal loss for Her Majesty, it must have…11 May 2021HANSARDEngagementsI join the Prime Minister in his remarks about the humanitarian disaster we are witnessing in India. I know the UK has already committed some support, but given the scale and…28 Apr 2021