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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister should be voting with us, not blocking a proper inquiry. The Greensill scandal is just the tip of the iceberg—dodgy contracts, privileged access, jobs for their mates....
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
It really was not a good point; if you think that is a good point, you have got real problems. The shadow Defence Secretary was speaking for his constituents and for local jobs. That is a million...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
This just gets weaker and weaker. It does take me back to my defence days in the Crown court —just ridiculous. The shadow Defence Secretary—
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I have not heard a defence that ridiculous since my last days in the Crown court. It is called the shoplifters’ defence—“Everyone else is nicking stuff, so why can’t...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister talks of the lobbying Act. Who was it who introduced that legislation? David Cameron. Who was it who voted for the legislation? Half the Conservative Front Bench. We said that...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I know that the Prime Minister is launching an inquiry. That inquiry is not even looking at the lobbying rules; I am not sure it is looking at very much at all. Every day, there is further...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
May I join the Prime Minister in his remarks about Dame Cheryl Gillan, who I worked with on a cross-party basis and remember with fondness? Ian Gibson also passed away this week. Both commanded...
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His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Commons debates
In supporting the Humble Address, I would like to echo the remarks made by the Prime Minister and, on behalf of my party, to come together today in appreciation of a life well lived, a life of...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The question, Prime Minister, is why not have the courage to put it to a vote. That question was avoided, Mr Speaker, like all of the questions. We all know why he will not put it to a vote. Let...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
What is weaker than making a promise to our armed forces just before the election, then breaking it and not being prepared to admit it—not having the courage to admit it? There is a pattern...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The 2015 manifesto said: “We will maintain the size of the regular armed services”. The 2017 manifesto: “We will maintain the overall size of the armed forces”. In 2019,...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I have every respect for our reservists, but the Prime Minister is just playing with the numbers. He knows very well that the numbers have been cut. The trouble is that we just cannot trust the...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
Let’s try this for up ’em. The Prime Minister might want to avoid the promises he made, but I have found an interview that he gave during the general election campaign. Here is the...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister is fighting the last war. Is he trying to pretend, hidden in that answer, that the Army stands at over 100,000—the number that the Prime Minister just quoted? When the...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
May I start by joining the Prime Minister in his remarks about yesterday’s day of reflection for the 126,000 people who lost their lives to covid? That is a shocking number, and behind...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister mentions the Bill last night. That provided for longer maximum sentences for damaging a memorial than the sentences imposed in the three cases of rape I have referred the House...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I was Director of Public Prosecutions for five years and spent every day prosecuting serious crime, including terrorism, sexual violence and rape, so I really do not need lectures about how to...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I agree with the Prime Minister on that last point. Can I gently remind him that for 10 years this Government have been promising a victims’ law? I think it has been in his party’s...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I will come to last night’s Bill later, but it did say a lot more about protecting statues than it did about protecting women. Let me, if I may, given the gravity of the situation, continue...
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Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I thank the Prime Minister for that answer. In that spirit, can I turn to the practical challenges we face if we are collectively to rise to this moment? The first challenge is that many, many...
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