Mick Whitley
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(2 years, 2 months ago)
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The Prime Minister
I direct the hon. Gentleman to what I have said earlier.
Mick Whitley (Birkenhead) (Lab)
No one has said in the House this afternoon that 155,000 people died of covid. That is why we introduced the rules. This is simply not the comprehensive report that the British public were promised for so long, but at least it is clear in its findings that there was
“a serious failure to observe not just the high standards expected of those working at the heart of Government but also of the standards expected of the entire British population”
at the height of the pandemic. Does the Prime Minister accept responsibility for his failure to live up to the standards that the rest of us were expected to uphold?
The Prime Minister
I take responsibility for everything that happened in No. 10 and that the Government did throughout the pandemic.