Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Boris Johnson and Louise Haigh

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.

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe

Debate between Boris Johnson and Louise Haigh

Monday 13th November 2017 Commons Chamber

[Boris Johnson]

I will resist the temptation to agree with my hon. Friend about any points that might have been made by the Labour party for or against Iran, because our priority now is simple: it is not to score party political points but to get Nazanin home.

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

The right hon. Member for New Forest East (Dr Lewis) several times called Nazanin a hostage. Does the Secretary of State consider her to be a hostage?

[Boris Johnson]

The case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe is a very difficult consular case, and that is how we are treating it.