Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation Debate

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Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation

Drew Hendry Excerpts
Tuesday 25th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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No one is above the law in this country.

Drew Hendry Portrait Drew Hendry (Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey) (SNP)
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The Paymaster General does not want to speak about the specifics of the investigation. So, for all the dodgy coronavirus contracts, the cash for honours for the Tories, the stated intention to break international law, illegally proroguing Parliament and the many other crimes and misdemeanours of this Government, does he find it a tad ironic that it is the parties in which they demonstrated their contempt for the public that finally prompted the police to investigate?

Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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If there is anything ironic, it is the Scottish National party.