Colin McGrath: ...we do not understand or appreciate that there is unionist frustration with it, but the protocol is here because of Brexit. The protocol is here because the DUP trusted a Tory Government, courted Boris Johnson and was supportive of his negotiated protocol as far back as October 2019. However, as with many times in history, the DUP's downfall is that it just cannot sell it. I am the health...
Sadiq Khan: Let us deal with the issue of debt. Ken Livingstone [former Mayor of London] borrowed £2 billion, [the Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, former Mayor of London] £8 billion, and I have had to borrow £2 billion since I have become Mayor. The deficit I inherited when I became Mayor had been reduced by more than 71% before the pandemic. The cash reserves I inherited before I became Mayor had...
Sadiq Khan: ...including the business rates supplement and Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL). That is building on the work of the two London Finance Commissions, the first Commission established by [the Rt Hon] Boris Johnson [MP, former Mayor of London], the second by me. I would like to explore tax increment financing and other forms of fiscal devolution with Government to enable the capital to...
Boris Johnson: Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.
Boris Johnson: The Government that I have had the privilege to lead has focused relentlessly on delivery. This statement updates the House on what we have achieved since I was invited by Her Majesty The Queen to form a government in July 2019, and puts on record why the millions of people who voted Conservative in 2019, many for the first time, were right to place their trust in me and in this Conservative...
Colum Eastwood: ...in this place, who have talked a lot about the Union but have acted in a certain way around this Brexit farce since 2016, will come to regret it. There will be statues erected in the new Ireland to Boris Johnson and some of the Members of the DUP, because that is the road that they have taken us down. I fully respect—by the way—the principle of consent, and it was my predecessor who...
Lord Foulkes of Cumnock: My Lords, I am grateful to have a Scottish Minister answering this Question so well, but will he acknowledge that Boris Johnson, the candidates for the leadership of the Tory party and, even more importantly, Keir Starmer have all ruled out a second referendum, so there will not be one? Yet the Scottish Government are employing 20 civil servants and printing and producing party-political...
Lindsay Hoyle: ...Chancellor. Before I call Kim Leadbeater to ask the first question, it is only fitting to note that this is likely to be the final time that the right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip (Boris Johnson) addresses the House as Prime Minister. I wish him and his family all the best for the future. We have been through many dark times in this House, and none more so than through the...
Boris Johnson: Today marks the 40th anniversary of the bombings in Hyde Park and Regent’s Park. Tomorrow sees the 50th anniversary of Bloody Friday. Such terror by the Provisional IRA was barbaric and shameful, bringing untold grief to countless families. Our thoughts are with all those who lost loved ones during the troubles. We as a Government remain determined to help build a better shared future for...
Boris Johnson: As I have previously noted, my answer of 23 June 2022 to PQ 18053, and my letter of 26 April 2022 to the Liaison Committee (a copy of which was placed in the Library of the House), clarified my previous answers. Corrections and clarifications can be made in a number of ways. I note the Procedure Committee is looking into these processes in more depth, and the Government looks forward to...
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Boris Johnson: A reply will be sent by the relevant Minister in due course.
Baroness Boycott: ...consumption by 20% by 2030? This would reduce emissions, including of methane, and free up lots of land for restoring ecosystems that absorb and store carbon. As was mentioned, our Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated when he signed the Leaders’ Pledge for Nature that we must reverse biodiversity loss and increase finance. He said: “We must turn these words into action and use them to...
Boris Johnson: My answer of 23 June 2022 to PQ 18053, and my letter of 26 April 2022 to the Liaison Committee (a copy of which was placed in the Library of the House), clarified my previous answers about employment levels in the UK.
Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle: ...the emergency briefing led by the UK’s Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance, which outlined the catastrophic impacts of a warmer planet—an updated version of the one that converted Boris Johnson, at least rhetorically, to the cause in 2020. I am sure the party is aware of the fate of the climate change-denying Government of Scott Morrison in Australia—which has so many...
Boris Johnson: The Intelligence and Security Committee of Parliament (ISC) has today laid before Parliament a report on Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism, examining the threat to the UK and the UK’s response. I welcome the comprehensive and detailed nature of the report, and thank the Committee for the extensive work that has gone into it. This report highlights the significant close working relationship...
Boris Johnson: From tomorrow—[Interruption.]
Boris Johnson: I am delighted that there will be a new hospital scheme in this area. I am told the local hospital trust has considered a full range of options and that it considers that new hospital builds at Watford General, alongside further investment at Hemel Hempstead and St Albans City hospitals, represent the best option for the health services in the area.
Boris Johnson: The hon. Gentleman talks about staffing levels: the NHS now has a record number of people working in it, with 10,900 more nurses this year than there were last year and 6,000 more doctors. On ambulances, and he is right that this is absolutely critical, the crucial thing is to help the hospital staff to move patients through the system. Too often, I am afraid, it is impossible because a...
Boris Johnson: I have committed to write to the Liaison Committee with further details. A copy of that letter will be placed in the Library of the House.