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Written Question
Prime Minister
Thursday 3rd February 2022

Asked by: David Linden (Scottish National Party - Glasgow East)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to establish a standing permanent select committee of the House to scrutinise his proposed Office of Prime Minister, as announced on 31 January 2022.

Answered by Boris Johnson

I announced to the House my intention to create an Office of the Prime Minister. Further details will be announced in due course. As Prime Minister, I am held to account each week at Prime Minister's Questions, answer written questions, and appear before the Liaison Committee at regular intervals.

The establishment and terms of reference of individual Select Committees is a matter for the House.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Gurkha Pensions

"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Dr Huq. I am conscious that the Minister in the House appears to have been talking for over half an hour, so I fully expect the Division bell to ring some way through my speech. Perhaps Members will be glad of …..."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Gurkha Pensions

"I will not hold that against you, Dr Huq...."
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Mon 22 Nov 2021
Gurkha Pensions

"I am glad that the right hon. Gentleman was able make it to the debate and put that on the record for his constituents, who are lucky to have him; I know his constituency has a big Gurkha community. I absolutely agree with him on that.

My hon. Friend the …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 03 Nov 2021
G20 and COP26 World Leaders Summit

"I was pleased to see reference in the Prime Minister’s statement to action on trees. He will be aware that in Scotland we produce 80% of woodland planting across these islands, not least because of small groups such as the one at Mount Vernon community hall, which has made a …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 23 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"We know that one policy decision that the UK Government have taken, albeit an unsustainable and undemocratic one, is that Scotland should not have a say in its constitutional future. We also know that, for example, the UK Government are spending huge amounts of taxpayers’ money on research into public …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 22 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"T3. On top of the injustices suffered by 3.8 million WASPI women and the widening gender pensions gap, today’s National Audit Office report finds that the Department for Work and Pensions underpaid 134,000 pensioners, many of whom were women. What steps are the Government taking to tackle the gender pensions …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Sep 2021
Oral Answers to Questions

"If the devolution settlement is to work, the UK Government have to match their rhetoric on the respect agenda. Given that all devolved Governments in the UK have asked the UK Government to cancel the cut to universal credit, can the Secretary of State say that he made that representation …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"On the wider point about how quickly an election takes place, can I take it as read from the Minister that the Government will always immediately move a writ for a by-election, and not drag it on any longer than usual?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Sep 2021
Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Bill

"I guess that, like me, my hon. Friend finds it a bit perplexing, when sitting in this debate and looking at Conservative Members, who advocated for Brexit in their constituencies and for Parliament to take back control, that they will walk through the Lobby tonight to neuter Parliament. Do he …..."
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