Diana Johnson
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(9 years, 5 months ago)
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Priti Patel
We will be doing all that is relevant. This is complex statistical information, so it is important that we get it right, and that is precisely what my officials are doing.
Diana Johnson (Kingston upon Hull North) (Lab)
Exactly how much have the prevarication and delays cost the British taxpayer?
Priti Patel
There is no prevarication or delay. We have been very clear—[Interruption.] I hear sniggers on the Opposition Benches, but we were the first Government to publish data in this area, and I think it shameful that the Labour party has not done so. This Government now intend to publish the statistics, and that is exactly what we will do.