Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Meg Hillier Excerpts
Wednesday 2nd November 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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The Prime Minister was asked—
Meg Hillier Portrait Dame Meg Hillier (Hackney South and Shoreditch) (Lab/Co-op)
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Q1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 2 November.

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister (Rishi Sunak)
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This morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

Meg Hillier Portrait Dame Meg Hillier
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The Prime Minister promised integrity, professionalism and accountability in Government. His Home Secretary has leaked information, is overseeing chaos in the Home Office and has broken the law. What will she actually have to do to get the sack?

Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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The Home Secretary made an error of judgment, but she recognised her mistake and took accountability for her actions. She has now set out, transparently and in detail, a full sequence of events in a letter to the Labour Chair of the Home Affairs Committee and offered to share relevant documents with the Chair. She is now getting on with the job: cracking down on crime and defending our borders, something that the Labour party has no interest in supporting.