Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Louise Haigh and Boris Johnson

Wednesday 23rd March 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

I think what the House has already heard is that we are taking legal action—

[Louise Haigh (Sheffield, Heeley) (Lab)]

You are not.

[The Prime Minister]

Yes, we are—against the company concerned, under the 1992 and 1996 Acts. That is the right thing to do, because it seems to me that that the company has broken the law. But if the right hon. and learned Gentleman is asking this Government to do what Labour usually wants us to do and actively pitchfork away investment around the country from overseas, that is not what we will do. We will take ’em to court, we will defend the rights of British workers, but what we will not do is launch a wholehearted campaign against overseas investment, as Labour would want, because that is completely wrong—and wrong for those workers.