All 1 Lord McLoughlin contributions to the Early Parliamentary General Election Act 2019

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Tue 29th Oct 2019
Early Parliamentary General Election Bill
Commons Chamber

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Early Parliamentary General Election Bill

Lord McLoughlin Excerpts
2nd reading: House of Commons
Tuesday 29th October 2019

(5 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jeremy Corbyn Portrait Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Lab)
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Labour backs a general election because we want this country to be rid of this reckless and destructive Conservative Government. They are a Government who have caused more of our children to live in poverty, more pensioners to be in poverty and more people to be in work and in poverty, more families to be without a home and more people to sleep rough on our streets. They are a Government who have cut and sold off so much of our important public services.

Lord McLoughlin Portrait Sir Patrick McLoughlin (Derbyshire Dales) (Con)
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Will the right hon. Gentleman give way?

Jeremy Corbyn Portrait Jeremy Corbyn
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No, I will not. They are a Government who created the vicious hostile environment that saw our own citizens deported. It is time for real change.

I have said consistently, when no deal is off the table we will back an election. Today, after much denial and bluster by the Prime Minister, no deal is officially off the table, so this country can vote for the Government it deserves.