All 2 Debates between Theresa May and Peter Dowd

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Debate between Theresa May and Peter Dowd
Wednesday 14th December 2016

(7 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Peter Dowd Portrait Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab)
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Q1. If she will list her official engagements for Wednesday 14 December.

Theresa May Portrait The Prime Minister (Mrs Theresa May)
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This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I will have further such meetings later today.

Peter Dowd Portrait Peter Dowd
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May I take the opportunity to wish you, Mr Speaker, and all Members of the House a merry Christmas and a happy new year?

In the light of the Foreign Secretary’s display of chronic “foot in mouth” disease, when deciding on Cabinet positions, does the Prime Minister now regret that pencilling “FO” against his name should have been an instruction, not a job offer?

Hillsborough

Debate between Theresa May and Peter Dowd
Wednesday 27th April 2016

(7 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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The hon. Lady is right, and there are issues not just for policing but for public sector institutions generally about the desire, which I described earlier, to look inwards and protect themselves. I will reflect on her comment.

Peter Dowd Portrait Peter Dowd (Bootle) (Lab)
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I thank the Home Secretary, my right hon. Friend the Member for Leigh (Andy Burnham), my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool, Walton (Steve Rotheram) and other Merseyside colleagues for their determination in pursuing this matter over many years. The Merseyside victims came from Bootle, Birkenhead, Crosby, Liverpool, Runcorn, Knowsley and other Merseyside communities, but as my right hon. Friend said, supporters also came from all over the country—Cheshire, Essex, Leigh, Leicestershire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Middlesex, Wrexham and London among other places. Will the Home Secretary join me, Merseyside MPs, and the people of Merseyside in remembering those supporters and their brave families, wherever they came from on that dreadful day, because they are now part of the Merseyside family?

Theresa May Portrait Mrs May
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I am very happy to join the hon. Gentleman in doing just that. He is absolutely right to draw our attention to the fact that many of the supporters came from all parts of the country. As he said, they are now part of the Merseyside family.