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Anna Soubry

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Business of the House
Thursday 26th April 2018

(6 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Brevity personified, Anna Soubry.

Anna Soubry Portrait Anna Soubry (Broxtowe) (Con)
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It is not fair, Mr Speaker. You set me up to fail and I always do. This is a serious issue. Does my right hon. Friend agree that part of Labour’s dreadful legacy was an obsession with targets? As an excellent new broom, will she assure us that she will search in every nook and cranny, and ensure that immigrants, migrants, are seen as people and not numbers?

Amber Rudd Portrait Amber Rudd
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I completely agree with my right hon. Friend’s approach, and I do not want us to be run by a target culture. I want to ensure that the individual is put at the heart of every decision.

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