Sue Gray Report Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Sue Gray Report

Katherine Fletcher Excerpts
Monday 31st January 2022

(2 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I really think that the hon. Lady needs to read the report carefully. I am afraid that the conclusions she has drawn are not ones that I support. We are following Sue Gray’s advice and changing the way that No. 10 runs. We are going to do things differently, but I cannot agree with what the hon. Lady says.

Katherine Fletcher Portrait Katherine Fletcher (South Ribble) (Con)
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On Saturday, I was out and about in Lancashire enjoying ice cream—as I know you and your family do, Mr Speaker—in some of the finest ice cream parlours in the north of England. People said to me, “He’s a wally, but 100,000 Russians have just turned up. What the bloody hell are we doing talking about cake?” Does the Prime Minister agree with that statement?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank my hon. Friend very much. What the country needs and what the west needs—[Interruption.]