Priorities for Government Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Priorities for Government

Robert Halfon Excerpts
Thursday 25th July 2019

(5 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Boris Johnson Portrait The Prime Minister
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Of course, we work very hard to secure the release of Nazanin and all dual nationals who are held, in my view unfairly and illegally, by the Iranian regime. It is time that an innocent woman was released.

Robert Halfon Portrait Robert Halfon (Harlow) (Con)
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We in Harlow are optimistic, too—optimistic that the Prime Minister will cut the cost of living for working people and invest in skills and apprenticeships—but we are particularly optimistic because he said yesterday that there would be 20 new hospital upgrades. Can we be optimistic about getting the new hospital in Harlow that we desperately need?