Naz Shah
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The Prime Minister
As the hon. Lady knows, those are matters for the Met.
Naz Shah (Bradford West) (Lab)
The Prime Minister said:
“I briefly attended such gatherings to thank them for their service, which I believe is one of the essential duties of leadership”.
He would not know leadership if it hit him in the face—that is where my constituents stand, and I will tell him why. Doctors gave their lives and their families were not allowed to attend their funerals. I was on the phone when the trust that I work with had to make leadership decisions to separate people and not let them see their dying relatives; I was on the phone to somebody while a person died—they were begging me to let them see him. That is what leadership is; those were difficult decisions they had to make. Nurses could not go home and had to book into hotels so that they did not spread infections. If the Prime Minister had an ounce of leadership, he would resign. So why doesn’t he?
The Prime Minister
I refer the hon. Lady to what I have already said.