Easter Recess: Government Update Debate

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Easter Recess: Government Update

Mike Amesbury Excerpts
Tuesday 19th April 2022

(2 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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I thank the hon. Lady very much and repeat the apology that I have given.

Mike Amesbury Portrait Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab)
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The Prime Minister has broken the law—guilty as charged—that many people up and down our shores abided by. They never had the opportunity to say goodbye to loved ones. The Prime Minister also misled the House over and over again and misled the public over and over again. Does he believe in the ministerial code? Is it worth the paper it is written on?

Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Let me repeat my apologies for what I got wrong and what went wrong in Downing Street and also my explanation for why I have spoken as I have in this House.