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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 22 Sep 2022
Health and Social Care Update

"In Gloucestershire, the inability to discharge people from hospital because of inadequate social care is the primary reason why we have ambulances queuing, so I welcome the adult social care discharge fund that the Secretary of State has announced. Can she set out how that £500 million is going to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2022
UK Energy Costs

"Tony Blair may have said that he was pro-nuclear, but he did not actually build any nuclear power stations.

On the windfall tax and the £170 billion that the Leader of the Opposition mentioned, it is my understanding that most of that is not profits of UK companies but from …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 08 Sep 2022
UK Energy Costs

"I will keep the scope of my comments brief, Mr Deputy Speaker, given the time available. The written statement included confirmation—the Prime Minister also confirmed this—that the Chancellor will set out the expected costs as part of the fiscal statement. Will those costs include the Government’s assumptions for how wholesale …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
CHOGM, G7 and NATO Summits

"When the Prime Minister’s remarks at the NATO summit were reported last week, the commitment to spending 2.5% on defence appeared to be quite solid. His remarks today are less so. Is that a commitment, and how are we going to pay for it? We have to have a credible …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 19 Apr 2022
Easter Recess: Government Update

"I strongly support the Government’s actions in standing up to Putin’s aggression, and helping Ukraine defend itself and our values. It is exactly at times such as this that our country needs a Prime Minister who exemplifies those values. I regret to say that we have a Prime Minister who …..."
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Written Question
Civil Servants: Conduct
Tuesday 19th April 2022

Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the requirement on civil servants and special advisers, under the Rights and responsibilities listed in the Civil Service code, to report to their line managers actions by others which they believe conflict with the code, also applies to conduct by themselves.

Answered by Michael Ellis

The Code sets out that if an individual has a concern they should start by talking to their line manager or someone else in their line management chain.

Written Question
Investigation into Alleged Gatherings on Government Premises During Covid Restrictions
Monday 28th February 2022

Asked by: Lord Harper (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to the Cabinet Office paper, Investigation into alleged gatherings on Government premises during covid restrictions: Update, published 31 January 2022, and the terms of reference in Annex A of that document, whether the meaningful report setting out and analysing the extensive factual information gathered, referred to in paragraph 14 of that paper, has been written.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I refer the Hon. Member back to the answer my Rt Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office gave the Hon. Member for New Forest East on 21 February 2022 (UIN 120605).

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"I welcome the package of sanctions set out by the Prime Minister and the fact that he has confirmed that more will come. If they are to be successful in punishing President Putin for what he has done to date and to deter him from going further and attacking our …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 22 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"May I press the Prime Minister a little on his answer to the right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn)? I welcome the Prime Minister’s statement, its robust approach and his confirmation that what President Putin has done amounts to an invasion of Ukraine, with the necessary measures that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Feb 2022
Living with Covid-19

"I will take the Prime Minister’s statement, if I may, as his application to join the Covid Recovery Group. He is very welcome indeed; I only wish it had been made sooner. All the lockdowns and the serious restrictions were implemented using the Public Health Act (Control of Disease) 1984. …..."
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