Debates between Jim Shannon and Keir Starmer during the 2024 Parliament

Debate on the Address

Debate between Jim Shannon and Keir Starmer
Wednesday 17th July 2024

(1 week, 3 days ago)

Commons Chamber
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Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I will just complete this point.

I said that we would serve everyone, whether they voted for us or not, and I meant it. Let me say directly to those on the Opposition Benches that if you are invested in the success of your community, we will work with you. This is a new era. We are turning the page, returning politics to service, because that is what the people of this country want to see from their politicians. And service is a stronger bond than political self-interest. That is what “country first” means—the only way we can restore trust and the reason this Government of service were elected.

We were also elected to repair our public services with investment and reform to make them once again beacons of justice for the communities they serve—a signal to our country of the cause that fires national renewal. My determination is for everyone in our country—England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales; no matter where they started in life—to feel that success belongs to them. It is a cause that I believe unites this House and indeed the people of this great nation.

Jim Shannon Portrait Jim Shannon (Strangford) (DUP)
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Will the Prime Minister give way?

Keir Starmer Portrait The Prime Minister
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I will. [Hon. Members: “Hooray!”]