Referral of Prime Minister to Committee of Privileges

Debate between Caroline Nokes and David Pinto-Duschinsky

Tuesday 28th April 2026 Commons Chamber

[David Pinto-Duschinsky]

No.

The Conservatives are demeaning and diminishing an important parliamentary process. Our disciplinary processes are serious, and they should not be used for political point scoring. A Committee of Privileges investigation would not bring further clarity; it would only create a long, costly and wholly unnecessary duplication of processes that are either completed or already under way. It is a distraction, and I guess that is why the Conservatives want it. It is a stunt, and that is why I will vote against it.

Under the previous Government, this House was treated with contempt. Standards were bent and procedures were torn apart to protect those in power, with the support of many Conservative Members. We are entitled to ask: why do they raise this matter now? Well, it is because there is an election in a few days’ time, but it is also because they fundamentally cannot accept the change that this Government are delivering. They cannot accept that we are investing in public services that they ran into the ground.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

Order. I am going to make this point again: we are debating privilege, not the Government’s record and actions.

[David Pinto-Duschinsky]

I will wind up.

We were elected with a mandate to deliver change, and that is exactly what we will do. The Conservative party is trying to distract from that fact, but it will not work.

Taxes

Debate between Caroline Nokes and David Pinto-Duschinsky

Wednesday 12th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[David Pinto-Duschinsky (Hendon) (Lab)]

You have mentioned the £47 billion of savings, but you have neglected to identify the number of teachers—

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Caroline Nokes)]

Order. If the hon. Gentleman had been here for more of the debate, he would have heard that I am being particularly pernickety about the use of the word “you”. I have not identified anything this afternoon, and I do not intend to do so. Perhaps the hon. Gentleman will make his intervention short, given his short tenure in the Chamber this afternoon.

[David Pinto-Duschinsky]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker, and I apologise. The hon. Member has not mentioned how many teachers, how many doctors and how many police would be involved.