Functioning of Government Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office
Thursday 7th July 2022

(2 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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Matters such as pay and remuneration are set in statute and are not a matter for me.

Kim Johnson Portrait Kim Johnson (Liverpool, Riverside) (Lab)
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The Members of Parliament who have eventually forced out the Prime Minister and who blindly stood by him during the no confidence vote have not miraculously found their principles or their voices, but are doing so out of their own naked self-interest. Does the Paymaster General agree that a damaged and failing Prime Minister should go immediately and not hang around like a bad smell until the Tory conference in the autumn?