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Covid-19: Winter Plan
Commons debates
I thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement and for his telephone call earlier today, when he set out a summary of the proposal. Let me start with the good news: the tremendous...
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Integrated Review
Commons debates
I thank the Prime Minister for advance sight of his statement. Under my leadership, national security will always be Labour’s top priority. Britain must once again show global leadership...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister talks about hindsight; I say catch up. I called for a circuit breaker; the Prime Minister stood there at the Dispatch Box and said it would be a disaster and he was not going...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister must understand that there is a huge gap in the system, because if someone cannot afford to isolate, there is little point in their being tested or traced. While the Prime...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I am not going to take lectures on support—the lockdown measures were passed the other week with Labour votes. Thirty-two of the Prime Minister’s own MPs broke a three-line Whip, and...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
Of course I do not want the break-up of the United Kingdom, but if anything is fuelling that break-up, it is the Prime Minister. Turning now to the Prime Minister’s handling of the...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The single biggest threat to the future of the United Kingdom is the Prime Minister, every time he opens his mouth almost. When the Prime Minister said he wanted to take back control, nobody...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
May I start by sending my best wishes to the Prime Minister and all those across the country who are doing the right thing by following the rules and self-isolating? Devolution in Scotland, Wales...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister just doesn’t get it. I know very well that the self-employment income support scheme has been extended, but the Prime Minister must know that that scheme simply does not...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister must know that because the furlough was not extended until the last minute, thousands of people were laid off. The figures tell a different story: redundancies, as I say, at a...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The answer is none: not a single face mask—at a cost of £150 million. That is not an isolated example. We already know that consultants are being paid £7,000 a day to work on test...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
Nobody is attacking individuals—everybody is supporting the vaccine—but £130 million, Prime Minister: there is a real question about the way that contracts are being awarded and...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
I thank the Prime Minister for his reply. The truth is the Chancellor’s package for forces charities was just £6 million during this pandemic, and that is just not sufficient. May I...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
May I join the Prime Minister in his comments about Jonathan Sacks? May I also send all our thoughts to those affected by the terrible events in Saudi Arabia this morning? May I welcome the...
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Public Health
Commons debates
The lower the rate of infection and the lower the admissions, the more chance there is to get the virus under control. That is why you have to go early. If you want to safeguard the economy, go...
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Public Health
Commons debates
I have looked at the Leicester figures frequently; they do go up and down, but Leicester has never come out of the restrictions. It is a point that I have been making, and it is not a party...
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Public Health
Commons debates
I do agree that it should be reviewed as soon as possible. I think that is probably a shared sentiment across the House, as nobody wants these measures to be put in place. It is a bit like the...
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Public Health
Commons debates
On the question of whether all faiths have done their level best to comply, I do agree. A huge amount of effort has gone in, in places of worship and many other places, to try to defeat the...
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Public Health
Commons debates
I know that a lot of Members want to speak, particularly on the Government Benches, and so I will keep my remarks brief. Nobody votes for these regulations today with anything other than a heavy...
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Engagements
Prime Minister
Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons
The Prime Minister must see that if four out of 10 of those who should be contacted are not being contacted, we have a problem in the system that needs to be fixed in the next four weeks....
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