Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation Debate

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Downing Street Parties: Police Investigation

Stuart Anderson Excerpts
Tuesday 25th January 2022

(2 years, 10 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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Her constituent, in order to have been fined, would either have had to admit wrongdoing or have been found guilty in a court of law on the evidence before that court. The situation is completely different. No such state of affairs exists as far as No. 10 or the Prime Minister is concerned.

Stuart Anderson Portrait Stuart Anderson (Wolverhampton South West) (Con)
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I fought in bloody conflicts in Europe. At the moment, we are seeing hundreds of thousands of Russian troops on the Ukrainian border, and could see the bloodiest conflict for generations. We are wasting time here. [Interruption.] Sorry, Mr Speaker. Does my right hon. and learned Friend agree that every time the Opposition call for our Prime Minister to resign, it only strengthens Putin’s hand and destabilises negotiations?

Michael Ellis Portrait Michael Ellis
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My hon. Friend is quite right to focus on what matters around the world and to the Prime Minister of this country.