Replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer Debate
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Geraint Davies
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Replacement of the Chancellor of the Exchequer
Geraint Davies Excerpts(2 years, 2 months ago)
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Penny Mordaunt
The Prime Minister, in her current and previous roles, has always acted in the national interest and will continue to do so. Her Government will continue to support her. This country needs some stability and some assurance now, and she always takes decisions in the national interest.
Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
As the new Chancellor has reversed all the economic promises made by the Prime Minister in her election campaign to become Prime Minister and as that very Chancellor had the fewest votes in that leadership election—he was thrown out with only 18—does that not show that the next Prime Minister should not be chosen by Conservative Members and their wider membership, but by the British people in a general election, as soon as possible, to get this country back on track?
Penny Mordaunt
There are serious questions that we as a Parliament should be examining today. I hope we will soon move on to the Chancellor’s statement, because that is what our constituents are concerned and worried about—not events within the Westminster bubble.