Easter Recess: Government Update

Debate between Marie Rimmer and Boris Johnson

Tuesday 19th April 2022 Commons Chamber

[Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)]

The Prime Minister genuinely does not seem to understand how he got his fine or what he did to break the law. He wrote, “What an utter nonsense.” If a man is so incompetent that he cannot understand his own rules, is he also a man who cannot understand the public’s challenges given the pace and scale of the soaring cost of living?

[The Prime Minister]

That is exactly why the Government are focused on those issues. That is what we need to get on with. It is about dealing with the aftershocks of covid, and the impact of the Ukrainian crisis on fuel prices and on inflation. That is where we are focused 100%.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Marie Rimmer and Boris Johnson

Wednesday 19th January 2022 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

Yes, and my hon. Friend should look at other European countries. I share her enthusiasm for the wedding industry—it is a fantastically important business sector and a massive employer in our country. I hesitate to make this point again, Mr Speaker, but other European countries have been in a far worse state in respect of the closures and restrictions they have been forced to impose. I am thrilled that we have been able to open up in the way that we have, and to get people married in the style and pomp that they want.

[Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)]

Prime Minister, there is a group of vulnerable people who are not able to receive the booster. They have inquired through clinical commissioning groups, doctors and NHS England, but there is a blockage in the system. They have had three injections, but the third does not count as a booster. They were told that they would have a fourth, but they cannot access it. Please intervene and get people talking to unblock this.

[The Prime Minister]

I thank the hon. Lady very much. We are working fast to unblock it so that people get the fourth jab as fast as possible.

Covid-19 Update

Debate between Marie Rimmer and Boris Johnson

Monday 12th October 2020 Commons Chamber

[The Prime Minister]

Yes, and it is exactly in order to prevent a further backlog that we need to prevent an uncontained outbreak of coronavirus now. That is why we are putting in place the measures we are.

[Ms Marie Rimmer (St Helens South and Whiston) (Lab)]

The Prime Minister should have no problem with giving me a positive answer to my question. For lockdown restrictions to work, public support is essential. For people to give up what they enjoy most, they need to understand why. Will the Prime Minister commit to sharing with the public the evidence on why specific types of businesses have been forced to close?

[The Prime Minister]

I repeat the undertaking that I just gave.