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Mark Pritchard 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 am not going to speculate about hypothetical questions which, frankly, I reject.

Mark Pritchard Portrait Mark Pritchard (The Wrekin) (Con)
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You will know, Mr Speaker, that it is a very rare event for any Prime Minister to come to this House and apologise—it is a difficult thing for any Prime Minister to do—but on the issue of the police investigation, does my right hon. Friend agree that there should be due process, free and unfettered access to all at No. 10 and, most of all, no prejudging or undermining of the police inquiry before it has concluded?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Yes, I completely agree, and I must say that I am shocked by some of the commentary that I have heard from the Benches opposite about that matter today.