Prime Minister

Rishi Sunak Excerpts

Wednesday 13th September 2023 Ministerial Corrections

The following is an extract from the G20 Summit oral statement on 11 September 2023.

[The Prime Minister]

The right hon. and learned Gentleman went on to raise the announcement about the partnership for global infrastructure and investment. What he failed to mention in his criticism was that that initiative—the PGII—was created by the UK under our G7 presidency. Far from being something that we are not part of, we were the ones who made sure that we were there at its inception. Again, he is, as ever, jumping on the latest bandwagon that he can find. The PGII initiative will contain a range of different projects. This particular one was also not signed by Canada, Japan or Italy, for example.

[Official Report, 11 September 2023, Vol. 737, c. 685.]

Letter of correction from the Prime Minister:

An error has been identified in my response to the right hon. and learned Member for Holborn and St Pancras (Keir Starmer).

The correct response should have been:

[The Prime Minister]

The right hon. and learned Gentleman went on to raise the announcement about the partnership for global infrastructure and investment. What he failed to mention in his criticism was that that initiative—the PGII—was created by the UK under our G7 presidency. Far from being something that we are not part of, we were the ones who made sure that we were there at its inception. Again, he is, as ever, jumping on the latest bandwagon that he can find. The PGII initiative will contain a range of different projects. This particular one was also not signed by Canada or Japan, for example.