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Written Question
National Security
Tuesday 6th June 2023

Asked by: Emma Lewell (Labour - South Shields)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 2 November 2022, Official Report ,column 861, what the evidential basis was for his statement that Labour was committed to abolishing the armed forces, scrapping the nuclear deterrent, withdrawing from NATO. and befriending Hamas and Hezbollah.

Answered by James Heappey

I have been asked to reply.

To assist the hon. Member, I have placed in the Library of the House documentation kindly provided by the Conservative Research Department, which outlines the evidential basis for this statement about the right hon. Member for Islington North’s (Jeremy Corbyn MP) security agenda.

Written Question
Housing: Construction
Monday 5th June 2023

Asked by: Emma Lewell (Labour - South Shields)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Prime Minister, with reference to his oral contribution of 26 October 2022, Official Report, column 297, what the evidential basis was for his statement that a record number of new homes had been built in the previous year.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 11 November 2022, Official Report, PQ77552. The latest figures show that 2.3 million more homes have been delivered across England since 2010.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jul 2022
Extreme Heat Preparedness

"Under this Government, deaths among homeless people are becoming commonplace in extreme winter and summer weather. This week they will have no access to shade, or to water or sunscreen. Local authority emergency weather protocols that help those living on our streets are currently discretionary. Why will the Minister not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 07 Jul 2022
Functioning of Government

"Away from this place, our constituents are waiting for answers from this Government. My constituents Lisa and Mark Rutherford and Caroline Curry had their precious children taken from them in the Manchester Arena terror attack. Due to archaic legislation, they cannot register their deaths. The Ministry of Justice advised that …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 04 Jul 2022
CHOGM, G7 and NATO Summits

"The NATO summit rightly identified that Russia and China challenge our security. China continues to make clear the territories that it disputes in the Indo-Pacific. As war rages in Ukraine, concerns for the west’s ammunition stockpiles are growing, and the Prime Minister continues with plans that will see capability gaps …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 15 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"My constituent Mr Singh’s identity has been stolen. His NHS records are being misused, but he has been advised that there is nothing the Health Secretary can do. Crimes are being committed in his name. The Home Secretary’s Department assured him that that would not affect his immigration status, yet …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 24 May 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"T4. My brave constituent Claire Ball used all her strength and courage to report that she was sexually abused as a child. She endured a painful court process, where her good character was continually called into question. While her abuser was allowed multiple character witnesses to state that he was …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 24 Feb 2022
Ukraine

"Putin’s imperial bloodlust will not stop at Ukraine. We are rightly focused on sanctions, military and humanitarian support and our commitment to Ukrainian freedom, but the Prime Minister knows that there has been a phenomenal increase in Russian submarine activity over the last 20 years. Our undersea cables carry more …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 31 Jan 2022
Sue Gray Report

"It has been revealed that in April 2021, as the Prime Minister partied, he swiftly rejected the idea of bereavement bubbles for those who had lost loved ones or suffered miscarriages, stillbirths or a child neonatal death. Far from getting it, he has deflected, laughed and smirked his way through …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 19 Jan 2022
Covid-19 Update

"Today, the Department of Health and Social Care, the Royal College of Nursing and others have rightly raised concerns about the rationality, proportionality and recklessness of mandatory vaccination for NHS staff. With approximately 100,000 vacancies already, does the Prime Minister think that, come April, sacking more than 70,000 NHS staff …..."
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