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HANSARDEngagementsWhatever the Prime Minister claims is being done is not working, because this is the situation. Through no fault of their own, huge numbers of people, especially leaseholders, are…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsComplete nonsense. Don’t let the truth get in the way of a pre-prepared gag: the Prime Minister knows that I have never said that, from this Dispatch Box or anywhere else, but the…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I join you, Mr Speaker, and the Prime Minister in sending my condolences to the family of Captain Sir Tom Moore? He perhaps more than anyone embodied the spirit of Britain; he…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsWhat the Prime Minister says about the Labour position is complete nonsense; he knows it. It is 3 February 2021; with new variants in the country, our schools are shut and our…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am intrigued by the Prime Minister’s answer. I do not think he disputes what SAGE’s view was—that only a complete closure or comprehensive quarantine of all arrivals will work.…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThere are thousands and thousands of people in exactly the same position. I spoke to leaseholders caught in the middle of this on Monday. One of them was Hayley. She has already…03 Feb 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe problem with the Prime Minister avoiding the question of why is that vital lessons will not be learned. The reality is this: the Prime Minister was slow into the first…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am sure that the Prime Minister regrets the fact that 100,000 people have lost their lives. The question is: why—why has the United Kingdom the highest number of deaths in…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateOn borders, we will look at the Prime Minister’s statement in detail, and obviously hear what the Home Secretary has to say, but in due course there will be a public inquiry. The…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I begin by joining the Prime Minister in his remarks about Holocaust Memorial Day? This evening, I will be joining the UK ceremony and lighting a candle to remember the 6…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsEvery week the Prime Minister comes with his pre-prepared lines. I think when 100,000 people have died he should take the time to answer the question. When one in three families…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI am sorry, but I am none the wiser as to whether the Prime Minister agrees with me that school teachers and school staff should be vaccinated, taking advantage of the February…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister complains about the Opposition, but the greatest criticism of the Prime Minister at the moment in relation to borders is coming from his own Home Secretary. She…27 Jan 2021HANSARD Covid-19 UpdateI thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. To lose 100,000 people to this virus is nothing short of a national tragedy. It is a stark number: an empty chair at…27 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsMay I also welcome the inauguration of President Biden and Vice-President Harris? This is a victory for hope over hate, and a real moment for optimism in the US and around the…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister complains about not listening to answers, but the figure I quoted was 403,000—that will be in Hansard . [Interruption.] I said 403,000, plus 26,000, plus…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThe Prime Minister talks of hindsight. What the Home Secretary said last night is not disputed. It is not disputed—this is not hindsight—that she said last March that you need to…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThat is not an answer to my question, and it was the most basic of questions. It was the first question that any Prime Minister would have asked of those briefing him: how many…20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsI have a letter here from the National Police Chiefs’ Council. It makes it clear that 403,000 records on the police national computer may have been deleted. In addition to that— […20 Jan 2021HANSARDEngagementsThis morning, the Home Secretary said that the Home Office is still washing through the data. She said it does not know where the records are and, if you can believe it, they may…20 Jan 2021