Easter Recess: Government Update Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Easter Recess: Government Update

Alan Brown Excerpts
Tuesday 19th April 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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On the contrary, I believe that people abroad can see how closely our leaders and rulers are held to account, and that is exactly what we are fighting for and helping the Ukrainians to defend.

Alan Brown Portrait Alan Brown (Kilmarnock and Loudoun) (SNP)
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In yet another shameless episode, the Prime Minister comes here and says, “I am sorry I was caught, but there is a war in Ukraine and a cost of living crisis”—a crisis that his Government have done nothing to alleviate. We are asked to believe that this lawbreaking, incompetent Prime Minister is the best the UK can rely on during this time of crisis for Ukraine and for the cost of living. Is that not a metaphor for the UK, of which he is the figurehead, and is it not time for him to go?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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The most important thing is that we focus on the priorities of the people of this country—in Scotland and around the country—and tackle the aftershocks of covid, the effects of the war in Ukraine and the impact on inflation, and that is what we are doing.