UK-EU Summit

David Pinto-Duschinsky Excerpts

Tuesday 13th May 2025 Commons Chamber

[Alex Burghart]

Ain’t that the truth! Here is an opportunity for the Government to give guarantees and securities to our fishermen.

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

The hon. Member is talking about fishing rights. Under his Government, the UK catch suddenly dropped by 80%. Will he now apologise for the damage that he and his party did to the UK fishing industry?

[Alex Burghart]

We are the party that took fishermen out of the common fisheries policy, which is something that fishing communities wanted. We very much hope that this Government will not concede the rights that were hard won in those negotiations.

Reporting Ministerial Gifts and Hospitality

David Pinto-Duschinsky Excerpts

Monday 14th October 2024 Commons Chamber

[Ellie Reeves]

That is a personal matter for the Prime Minister, but we have made it clear, and the Prime Minister has made it clear, that we are going to make the rules around transparency more aligned with those for MPs and reform the code, with a clear set of guidance in relation to the receipt of gifts and hospitality. In the meantime, the Prime Minister has paid back a number of items while the new code is being finalised.

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

If brass neck were an Olympic sport, the Conservatives would all be gold medallists. They presided over a carnival of corruption. Does the Minister agree that it was their partying in Downing Street, their contracts for their mates and their constant failure to deliver that undermined trust in government, and will she join me in calling on them to apologise for their years of mismanagement?

[Ellie Reeves]

Of course, the Conservatives created and presided over this loophole in the rules. They broke the rules during covid lockdown and gave fast-track passes to their friends and donors for covid contracts, so we will not take lectures from them on this.