Gavin Shuker
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(5 years, 1 month ago)
Commons ChamberWe will of course make sure that the £20 billion extra that we have committed to the NHS goes to the frontline and to all hospitals in this country.
The central policy of the Government is now to deliver Brexit in October, including without a deal. As such, it is unclear whether the Prime Minister commands a majority in this House. Will he now do what the Leader of the Opposition will not do: prove his own political virility and table a motion of confidence for the House to vote on when we return?
The House of Commons has voted several times to honour the mandate of the people. It is the law of this country that we leave the European Union on 31 October. That is what democracy requires, and that is what we will do.