All 4 Debates between Boris Johnson and Sarah Wollaston

Prime Minister’s Statement

Debate between Boris Johnson and Sarah Wollaston
Saturday 19th October 2019

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is exactly right, and the choice is very clear today for this House and for the country: it is really this deal or a no-deal Brexit. I do not think, by any stretch of the imagination, it can be right for the UK to delay beyond 31 October when that is expensive, pointless and a waste of spirit and an expense of shame that would achieve absolutely nothing whatever.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (LD)
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Evidence matters, Prime Minister. How can he possibly assure our constituents that this is a good deal if he has not carried out an economic impact assessment of what it will cost them? If he has carried that out, why on earth are we not able to see it as we debate this today?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am grateful to the hon. Lady, but I direct her to the answers I have already given on that point. Many business groups have already come out in support of the deal because it gives certainty and stability and allows the country to move on. I think it will, as my right hon. Friend the Member for Preseli Pembrokeshire (Stephen Crabb) just said, unleash a great deal of investment in the UK.

Brexit Negotiations

Debate between Boris Johnson and Sarah Wollaston
Thursday 3rd October 2019

(4 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am grateful to my right hon. Friend. Of course, what this offer does is take one step further, by consent, in having regulatory alignment for goods as well, so obviating the need for checks on perhaps 30% of the other traffic from north to south in addition to the 30% that we have already achieved by sanitary and phytosanitary alignment. That is always assuming that consent were to be granted, if he understands me.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (LD)
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The principle of consent requires people to be able to weigh up the risks and benefits of the actual deal, as opposed to the promises that were made during the referendum. I am afraid that there are many detailed questions arising out of the Prime Minister’s statement, and they cannot be answered in this format, so may I ask him when he will keep the clear commitment he gave to appear before the Select Committee Chairs in the Liaison Committee, and will he do so before Parliament prorogues?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I am absolutely committed to appearing before the hon. Lady’s Committee, and she will have an answer within an hour of my departure from the Chamber this afternoon.

Priorities for Government

Debate between Boris Johnson and Sarah Wollaston
Thursday 25th July 2019

(4 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Ind)
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I warmly welcome the inclusion of social care in the Prime Minister’s list of priorities for his Government. As he will know, there is the thorny issue of how we should pay for it. Two Select Committees of this House have worked together with a citizens’ assembly to reach consensus on how we should fund this fairly. Will the Prime Minister meet me and the hon. Member for Sheffield South East (Mr Betts) to discuss how we reach a consensus and get it done?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank the hon. Lady, and I will of course make sure that I study the suggestions she has made in her reports. They will of course be taken into account as we come forward with a solution—a plan—for social care.

Syria and North Korea

Debate between Boris Johnson and Sarah Wollaston
Tuesday 18th April 2017

(6 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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I repeat my condolences to the family of Miss Bladon. All I can say is that although we are offering consular assistance to her family, at the moment we are not changing our general advice about travel to Israel.

Sarah Wollaston Portrait Dr Sarah Wollaston (Totnes) (Con)
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Given the vile propaganda role of Asma al-Assad in propping up a murderous and barbaric war criminal, will the Foreign Secretary update the House as to what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary so that we can send a very clear message that such a role is incompatible with British citizenship?

Boris Johnson Portrait Boris Johnson
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We do not discuss individual citizenship cases, as I am sure my hon. Friend knows, although I understand the feelings she is expressing. What I can tell her is that Asma al-Assad, in common with her husband, is certainly on the sanctions list.