Oral Answers to Questions Debate

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Oral Answers to Questions

Tulip Siddiq Excerpts
Wednesday 29th November 2023

(11 months, 4 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Rishi Sunak Portrait The Prime Minister
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My hon. Friend is right to raise those concerns. It seems that Labour in London is yet again penalising hard-working people. First we had the ultra low emission zone, and now it seems Labour is hiking parking charges on white van drivers and small businesses. I join her in urging the Labour-run Westminster Council to rethink those damaging proposals.

Tulip Siddiq Portrait Tulip Siddiq  (Hampstead and Kilburn) (Lab)
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Q6.   I quote: “Rishi thinks just let people die and that’s okay”. That was reportedly the Prime Minister’s view of covid during late 2020, as recorded by the then chief scientific adviser in his diary. It came to light last week in the covid inquiry and I was shocked that Downing Street did not categorically deny it. I ask the Prime Minister today how it is that people who were closest to this issue, whom he worked with day in, day out at the top of Government, got the impression that the Prime Minister was okay with people in our country dying—

Lindsay Hoyle Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I think he has got the question.