gatherings at number 10. keir starmer ended his response to borisjohnson by saying that the game is up. you cannot be a lawmaker and a lawbreaker, referring of course to the fixed penalty notice that borisjohnson, the prime minister, has received for one of those events. we have discussed the report in some detail, but i want to welcome our guests for this part of the politics live programme, extended because of what has been going on in the chamber. we have alex burkhardt, ministerfor apprenticeship and skills, chair of the labour party anneliese dodds and vicki young, the bbc�*s deputy political editor. listening to what borisjohnson said, he said, i am humbled and have learned my lesson. i hope we can move on. has anything materially changed now we have seen the sue gray report and its

contents? and yet, i'm not going to mince my words, i've got to say this. he is currently failing to hold himself to the same high standards that he demanded of me. it's true. you call for me to resign when the investigation began. why is he in his place? mr investigation began. why is he in his lace? ~ ., ., , his place? mr hallworth, is the second time, _ his place? mr hallworth, is the second time, help _ his place? mr hallworth, is the second time, help me - his place? mr hallworth, is the second time, help me to - his place? mr hallworth, is the second time, help me to help. his place? mr hallworth, is the - second time, help me to help you. prime _ second time, help me to help you. prime minister. mr second time, help me to help you. prime minister.—

prime minister. mr speaker, who should at least _ prime minister. mr speaker, who should at least be _ prime minister. mr speaker, who should at least be consistent - prime minister. mr speaker, who should at least be consistent and i should at least be consistent and hold himself to the same standards. he is still there and so is the shadow deputy leader. mr speaker, i apologise when the revelations emerged. i continue to apologise. i repeat that i am humbled by what has happened and we have instituted profound changes throughout number ten, but i think in view of the mess that he has found himself in himself, it would now be a sensible thing for him to apologise. so that we can all collectively move on. that i think is what the people of this country want to see above all. they want to see leadership from this house of commons, leadership from both parties in dealing with their priorities and that is why we are focused on getting through the after—shocks of covid. that's why i am proud of what we did to roll out the fastest vaccine campaign in europe and that's why i am proud

that we now have the lowest unemployment anywhere in this country for 50 years. that is what the people of this country want. i appreciate he has his points to make but i think overwhelmingly the will of this country is for us to know so thank you to sue gray and fast collectively to move on. my right honourable _ collectively to move on. my right honourable friend _ collectively to move on. my right honourable friend well— collectively to move on. my right honourable friend well knows - collectively to move on. my right| honourable friend well knows the rules apply to him as much to all of us and the rules of this house are clear, that anybody who comes here and deliberately lies and misleads this house should leave their position, resign or apologise. this house should leave their position, resign orapologise. my right honourable friend has been asked many times about specific incidents, specific events that sue gray has outlined. has he on any occasion come to this house in response to specific questions about specific events and deliberately

lied to us?— lied to us? no, for the reason i have given _ lied to us? no, for the reason i have given that _ lied to us? no, for the reason i have given that the _ lied to us? no, for the reason i have given that the time - lied to us? no, for the reason i have given that the time i - lied to us? no, for the reason i | have given that the time i spoke lied to us? no, for the reason i - have given that the time i spoke to this house, i believed that what i was doing was to attend work events. and with the exception of the event in the cabinet room, that is a view that has been vindicated by the investigation. we that has been vindicated by the investigation.— that has been vindicated by the investiuation. ~ ., _, ., investigation. we now come to the leader of the _ investigation. we now come to the leader of the snp, _ investigation. we now come to the leader of the snp, ian _ investigation. we now come to the leader of the snp, ian blackford. l leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank— leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank you. — leader of the snp, ian blackford. thank you, mr speaker. as i speak, the public is pouring over the sordid details of what went on. 0ut sordid details of what went on. out of the public eye, behind the high gates of the prime minister's residents, the report is damning. it concludes many gatherings and many individuals did not adhere to covid guidance. events were attended by leaders in government and should not have been allowed to happen. junior civil servants believed their involvement was permitted by the attendance of senior leaders. there

was an unacceptable lack of respect and poor treatment of security. crucially, the senior leadership at the centre both politically and official must bear responsibility for this culture. that leadership came from the top. and the prime minister, in the words of the report, must bear responsibility for the culture. a fish rots from the head. mr speaker, the prime minister's dispatch box denial of a party taking place on the 13th of november is now proven to be untrue. he was there on the 13th of november, photographed, raising a toast, surrounded by gin, wine and other revellers. the charge of misleading parliament is a resignation matter. will the prime

minister now finally resign? this prime minister has adopted a systematic concerted sinister pattern of innovation. truthfulness, honesty and transparency do not enter his vocabulary. it is just not part of his way of being and it speaks for the type of man that he is. credibility, truth, morality all matter. and the prime minister has been found lacking time and time again, and he can shake his head, but that's the reality, prime minister. ethics how to be part of our public life and ethical behaviour has to be at the core of the demeanour and the response of any prime minister. the prime minister brings shame on the office and his displayed contempt not only to the members of this house but to every single person who followed the rules. they stayed away from family,

those who missed a funeral, those who lost someone they loved, so when the tory members opposite retire to the tory members opposite retire to the 1922 committee this evening, i hope they will bear in mind the now infamous government advert featuring a desperately ill covid patient. it said, look into her eyes. and tell her you never bend the rules. if they don't submit a letter, if they don't remove this prime minister, how will they ever, ever look at their constituents in the eye ever again? mr their constituents in the eye ever aiain? ~ ,, ., ~' their constituents in the eye ever aiain? ~ .,~' ~' ., again? mr speaker, i think that the riht again? mr speaker, i think that the right honourable _ again? mr speaker, i think that the right honourable gentleman - again? mr speaker, i think that the right honourable gentleman should j right honourable gentleman should look closely at sue gray's report and i repeat my thanks to her. i stress that the nature and length of my involvement in these events is

very clear from what she says, and i take full responsibility for what happened. and that is why we have taken the steps that we have two reform and improve the way number ten works. we are humbled by what has happened and we have changed. since i have been elected to this house, i have been running a campaign called listening to wellingborough and rushed in and that group asked me to present a letter calling for a previous prime minister to resign. what they are telling me today is their concerns are the terrible war in ukraine. the illegal immigrants crossing the channel and the economy. and their message to the prime minister is to get on with the job. does he agree with the listening to the campaign? i agree with them profoundly and

passionately and that is exactly what i'm going to do.— passionately and that is exactly what i'm going to do. thank you, mr seaker. what i'm going to do. thank you, mr speaker- the — what i'm going to do. thank you, mr speaker. the prime _ what i'm going to do. thank you, mr speaker. the prime minister- what i'm going to do. thank you, mr speaker. the prime minister said . speaker. the prime minister said that on the 13th of november 2020, the party he defended briefly, his defence was a job interview. can he confirm he was only in his flat and he met henry newman to discuss a job? and he can he confirm what the other special advisers were doing? where they are part of the job interview as well? where they are part of the 'ob interview as wand where they are part of the 'ob interview as well? that evening was extensively investigated _ interview as well? that evening was extensively investigated to - interview as well? that evening was extensively investigated to the - interview as well? that evening was extensively investigated to the best| extensively investigated to the best of my knowledge and i don't believe i can improve on what sue gray has had to say. i can improve on what sue gray has had to say-— i can improve on what sue gray has had to say. this is a damning report about the absence _ had to say. this is a damning report about the absence of _ had to say. this is a damning report about the absence of leadership - about the absence of leadership focus and discipline in number ten. the one place where you expect to

find those attributes in abundance. i made my point in my position very clear to the prime minister, he does not have my support. but a question i humbly put to my colleagues is are you willing, day in and day out, do different this behaviour publicly? can we continue to govern without distraction given the erosion of the trust with the british people? and can we win the general election on this current trajectory? the question i posed to the prime minister now, mr speaker, i'm being how could buy my own people. if we cannot work out what we will do, we will lose the next general election but my question to the pro—minister is clear, on the question of leadership, can he think of any other prime minister who would have allowed such a culture of indiscipline to take place under their watch? and if it did, would they not have resigned? i

their watch? and if it did, would they not have resigned?- their watch? and if it did, would they not have resigned? i think to answer the _ they not have resigned? i think to answer the question _ they not have resigned? i think to answer the question that - they not have resigned? i think to answer the question that he - they not have resigned? i think to answer the question that he put l they not have resigned? i think to| answer the question that he put to all of us on these benches, i think the answer is overwhelmingly and emphatically yes. we are going to go on and win the next general election and we are going to get on with the job. mr and we are going to get on with the 'ob_ ~ ,,, ., ~' and we are going to get on with the 'ob_ ~ ~ , job. mr speaker, the prime minister sa s he is job. mr speaker, the prime minister says he is sorry- _ job. mr speaker, the prime minister says he is sorry. but _ job. mr speaker, the prime minister says he is sorry. but he _ job. mr speaker, the prime minister says he is sorry. but he is _ job. mr speaker, the prime minister says he is sorry. but he is only - says he is sorry. but he is only sorry he got caught. he didn't care then as he partied during lockdown when people couldn't see their dying loved ones. he didn't care last year when he insisted that no rules had been broken. and he doesn't care now when families across our country are struggling to heat their homes, fill the cars and put food on the table with a cost of living crisis that has only deepened by the pro—minister has been scrambling to save his own skin. mr speaker, can the prime minister look at the

british people in the eye and name one person, just one person he cares about more than himself? i can one person, just one person he cares about more than himself?— about more than himself? i can tell him that there _ about more than himself? i can tell him that there are _ about more than himself? i can tell him that there are people - about more than himself? i can tell him that there are people in - about more than himself? i can tell| him that there are people in number 10 downing street, including me who care passionately about making sure we have the ppe we needed, we had the fastest vaccinology in europe and that we protected this country from covid and that is what people were doing. i may say the abuse that is being directed at civil servants and officials is i think wholly unwarranted.— and officials is i think wholly unwarranted. ~ ,, ., . unwarranted. when i think of civil servants and _ unwarranted. when i think of civil servants and advisers _ unwarranted. when i think of civil servants and advisers during - unwarranted. when i think of civil servants and advisers during that| servants and advisers during that period, i think of the brilliant civil servants who helped move mountains to create the shooting programme within a matter of days. i think of the brilliant civil servants and advisers that got 90% of homeless people off the streets within days. with my right

honourable friend agree that these achievements and others should mean that nothing in this report is a stain upon the character of the thousandsif stain upon the character of the thousands if not hundreds of thousands if not hundreds of thousands of civil servants whether in number ten, other government departments or across the country who helped steer this country through the pandemic? secondly, difficult though this is to say for many, with a war in europe, with an economic crisis... with the challenges this country faces, is it not really true that it is now time to turn a page? and for this country, our politics and this house to move forwards? i country, our politics and this house to move forwards?— country, our politics and this house to move forwards? i agree with him absolutely. — to move forwards? i agree with him absolutely, passionately. _ to move forwards? i agree with him absolutely, passionately. i- to move forwards? i agree with him absolutely, passionately. ithink- absolutely, passionately. ithink the best thing i think we can study the best thing i think we can study the report, we can draw the conclusion is that we won, the best thing now for our country is to move forwards together and that's what we're going to do. we

forwards together and that's what we're going to do.— forwards together and that's what we're going to do. we all understand and the prime _ we're going to do. we all understand and the prime minister _ we're going to do. we all understand and the prime minister understandsl and the prime minister understands that not being truthful on the floor of this house requires a resignation. my honourable friend the memberfor content resignation. my honourable friend the member for content would ask the prime minister a point—blank question on the floor of his house when he was at this dispatch box, she asked him if he had been to a party on the 13th of november at 10 downing street? he said he hadn't and no party happened. there are few pictures of it. —— four pictures of it featured in the report. will the prime minister account now on the floor of the house for his answer to that very specific question? yes. floor of the house for his answer to that very specific question?- that very specific question? yes, of course and — that very specific question? yes, of course and i _ that very specific question? yes, of course and i try _ that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to _ that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to do _ that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to do it _ that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to do it in - that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to do it in what - that very specific question? yes, of course and i try to do it in what i i course and i try to do it in what i said earlier on, and the answer is that it's part of myjob to say

thank you to people who work in government, that's what i was doing. i believed it was a work event and indeed there has been known find issue to me as a result of my attendance of that event because thatis attendance of that event because that is what i was doing. i attendance of that event because that is what i was doing. i commend sue gray for— that is what i was doing. i commend sue gray for the _ that is what i was doing. i commend sue gray for the report _ that is what i was doing. i commend sue gray for the report and - that is what i was doing. i commend sue gray for the report and i - sue gray for the report and i understand why people are angry. having looked at the pictures of the birthday party in the cabinet office, i think the opposition will be hard pressed to explain why they have such moral outrage about that but not about the late—night base that happened at... however, one of the things i was very troubled by was the language that was used towards the custodian. with the prime ministerjoin me now and i'm sure the whole house would agree, the level of respect and gratitude that we have two every single cleaner and worker and all the people in the tea room that work in this place? i people in the tea room that work in this lace? ., ~ , people in the tea room that work in this lace? ., “ , , this place? i thank her very, very much and — this place? i thank her very, very much and i _ this place? i thank her very, very much and i agree _ this place? i thank her very, very much and i agree very _ this place? i thank her very, very much and i agree very much - this place? i thank her very, very much and i agree very much withj this place? i thank her very, very - much and i agree very much with what she hasjust said. and i think that

as i said in miley �*s statement, i think the behaviour towards, any rudeness to any member of staff is inexcusable and i want whoever is responsible to apologise. i inexcusable and i want whoever is responsible to apologise. heel inexcusable and i want whoever is responsible to apologise. i feel as if i have completely _ responsible to apologise. i feel as if i have completely let _ responsible to apologise. i feel as if i have completely let down - responsible to apologise. i feel as| if i have completely let down those who showered me with so much love. why wasn't i by the bedside of my lovely grandmother during her final few days? why did i let her die alone in that hospital? why did i not attend the funeral of my uncle because of worries about government restrictions on numbers? and why did i not go to comfort my brother—in—law's father as he was dying in a slough care home. with all of this context, it is utterly

hypocritical for those individuals who were preaching to us ad nauseam about patriotism, the flag and the queen for those very people to then be having late—night parties, including tumour grow on the night the queen had to sit all alone during her husband's funeral when in the country was in a state of national mourning. absolute shameless! prime minister, given that the prime minister is not going to do the right and honourable thing, does he agree with me that it is not the support and sympathy of the british people that is keeping him in power, the majority of whom that want him to resign, it is the support and sympathy of... order! i'm sor support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but _ support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but it's _ support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but it's meant _ support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but it's meant to - support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but it's meant to be - support and sympathy of... order! i'm sorry but it's meant to be a - i'm sorry but it's meant to be a chrislian— i'm sorry but it's meant to be a christian and also reader normally don't _ christian and also reader normally don't bring — christian and also reader normally don't bring one into proceedings and i'm don't bring one into proceedings and i'm sure _ don't bring one into proceedings and i'm sure that the council will resist — i'm sure that the council will resist i_ i'm sure that the council will resist. ., i'm sure that the council will resist. . ,., , i'm sure that the council will resist. . , ., resist. i am sorry for the honourable _

resist. i am sorry for the honourable gentleman's| resist. i am sorry for the - honourable gentleman's loss and resist. i am sorry for the _ honourable gentleman's loss and he has a right to speak with a passion that he does. all i can say is that i take full responsibility for what what happened. i do and we have made extensive changes. i what happened. i do and we have made extensive changes.— extensive changes. i believe both leaders have _ extensive changes. i believe both leaders have a _ extensive changes. i believe both leaders have a lot _ extensive changes. i believe both leaders have a lot to _ extensive changes. i believe both leaders have a lot to answer- extensive changes. i believe both leaders have a lot to answer for l leaders have a lot to answer for with regards to this issue. the british army teaches you, or certainly believe is at its very core that you serve to lead and you lead by example. given the extent of rule breaking in number ten, does my right honourable friend believe that what he has said to the house since about there being no rule breaking pass the test of reasonableness? i pass the test of reasonableness? i think he is asking the right question and i understand why he asks it. i am proud to give my answer to him and to the house which is that i believe i was attending a

work event. those are the ones i had knowledge and with the exception of what took place in the cabinet room injune of 2020, that what took place in the cabinet room in june of 2020, that view has what took place in the cabinet room injune of 2020, that view has been sustained by the investigation. neither i nor my edinburgh south west constituents would wish to live in a state where the government of the day could influence the police in the exercise of their duty to investigate without fear or favour. so we are puzzled as to why the prime minister didn't receive questionnaires in respect of three gatherings where other people in number ten received questionnaires, and we are also puzzled as to why the alba party in the prime minister's flat has never been investigated either by sue gray or the metropolitan police. can i ask the metropolitan police. can i ask the prime minister what can be done by way of an independent investigation to assure me and my

constituents that they metropolitan police have not been nobles? that would greatly _ police have not been nobles? that would greatly surprise me but i think she should look more closely at sue gray's report because i think she will find the answer she needs. i understand the outrage of people in lichfield and burntwood and indeed the honourable gentleman opposite who have lost loved ones, but i also understand having been an employer that attending an event where someone is leaving is considered to be a working event, and my honourable friend clearly got guidance that turned out to be wrong. so can he now explain how the appointment of a new permanent secretary at number ten will make a difference in the future? i secretary at number ten will make a difference in the future?— difference in the future? i thank him very much _ difference in the future? i thank him very much and _ difference in the future? i thank him very much and what - difference in the future? i thank him very much and what we - difference in the future? i thank him very much and what we are | difference in the future? i thank - him very much and what we are doing is not only the structure of number

ten has changed so there is more direct command and control for the whole building, which was a little bit unclear before, so there is a new permanent secretary with direct responsibility for the whole office, hundreds of people, as opposed to that function nominally to be addressed by the principal private secretary. as sue gray said, the lines of command were not clear. after months of shuffling around, prevarication and buckpassing, this report makes it absolutely clear that when the british public were taking those restrictions seriously, the prime minister was taking the british public for. that is why the prime minister and his government cannot now be taken seriously. isn't

it time he said goodbye so that the rest of us would say good riddance? i really don't think that the government can be blamed for the delay, that he complains of. it took a long time for the met to do their work, it was exhausted and i don't believe it's a sustains the conclusion he has drawn, not at all. when i asked the prime minister about sue gray's interim findings on the 31st of january he asked me to wait for the report. he asked many members to do the same. he has asked the media to await the findings of the media to await the findings of the report and he knows many colleagues have told their constituents they are waiting for the report, so i was surprised to read in the times the information he may have asked sue gray not to publish at all. is there any truth to that suggestion?— publish at all. is there any truth to that suggestion? what sue gray has published _ to that suggestion? what sue gray has published is _ to that suggestion? what sue gray

has published is entirely _ to that suggestion? what sue gray has published is entirely for - to that suggestion? what sue gray has published is entirely for sue i has published is entirely for sue gray and it is a wholly independent report. gray and it is a wholly independent re ort. ., , gray and it is a wholly independent reort. ., ., report. the last time i asked the prime minister _ report. the last time i asked the prime minister a _ report. the last time i asked the prime minister a question - report. the last time i asked the prime minister a question on - report. the last time i asked the | prime minister a question on this subject, i said the problem with him and i got on with him over the years, is he is a serial offender. and even the serial offenders, if they actually confess that they have done wrong and then repent for what they have done, they can actually be forgiven because they are mending their ways. forgiven because they are mending theirways. i'm forgiven because they are mending their ways. i'm sorry, forgiven because they are mending theirways. i'm sorry, but forgiven because they are mending their ways. i'm sorry, but today is performance from the prime minister shows no remorse. trying to shift the bark on other people and i believe now, with all the many faces i see on the other side, that he should now resign. i i see on the other side, that he should now resign.— i see on the other side, that he should now resign. i have apologised

and as i should now resign. i have apologised and as i have — should now resign. i have apologised and as i have said, _ should now resign. i have apologised and as i have said, deeply _ should now resign. i have apologised and as i have said, deeply contrite i and as i have said, deeply contrite about what happened. i take responsibility. we are effecting and have done a huge amount of change already in number ten, but it is my judgment that the best thing for the country is now to move on from this issue and to learn the lessons. given the cavalier way in which these rules were interpreted in number ten, these rules were interpreted in numberten, does these rules were interpreted in number ten, does my honourable friend agree that rules of such intrusiveness and rigidity must never again be imposed on the british people as a whole? well, we were dealing _ british people as a whole? well, we were dealing with _ british people as a whole? well, we were dealing with a _ british people as a whole? well, we were dealing with a pandemic - british people as a whole? well, we were dealing with a pandemic that l were dealing with a pandemic that was absolutely unprecedented and we did not have any immediate tools to control it short of a vaccine, without asking people to restrict their behaviour. i'm sure there are plenty of lessons we can learn for

the future about how we can do it better and that will be a matter for the inquiry. better and that will be a matter for the inui . ~ better and that will be a matter for the kiwi . ~ better and that will be a matter for the inquiry-— the inquiry. while he is still unwittingly _ the inquiry. while he is still unwittingly asset _ the inquiry. while he is still unwittingly asset for - the inquiry. while he is still. unwittingly asset for scottish independence, question is how do goodness as he is still prime minister of the united kingdom? i minister of the united kingdom? i think the answer to that question is contained in the continued support of the people of the united kingdom for our union and despite everything they are doing to overturn the democratic verdict of 2014, i don't believe they will succeed. i democratic verdict of 2014, i don't believe they will succeed.- believe they will succeed. i thank my honourable _ believe they will succeed. i thank my honourable friend _ believe they will succeed. i thank my honourable friend for- believe they will succeed. i thank my honourable friend for his - believe they will succeed. i thank i my honourable friend for his further apology and his explanation today which is important for many of my constituents. does he know paragraph four of page 36 of the sue gray report that says, there have been changes to the organisation and management of downing street in the

cabinet office with the aim of creating clear lines of leadership and accountability. and does he agree with her that these changes need to bed in and that the focus of our government must be laser—like in tackling the cost of living crisis that has come about as a result of the covid pandemic and ukraine, and that this is the concern over and above everything else of my constituents?— above everything else of my constituents? ~ ., constituents? well, the gentleman o . iosites constituents? well, the gentleman opposites is _ constituents? well, the gentleman opposites is the — constituents? well, the gentleman opposites is the answer _ constituents? well, the gentleman opposites is the answer and - constituents? well, the gentleman opposites is the answer and i - constituents? well, the gentleman| opposites is the answer and i agree completely with what she has just said and that is what we are going to get on with the job. what said and that is what we are going to get on with the job.— said and that is what we are going to get on with the job. to get on with the 'ob. what a load of baloney. _ to get on with the job. what a load of baloney. excuse _ to get on with the job. what a load of baloney. excuse after _ to get on with the job. what a load of baloney. excuse after excuse i of baloney. excuse after excuse after excuse and it simply doesn't wash and it won't wash with the british public are sick and tired of being taken forfull. british public are sick and tired of being taken for full. the truth is the prime minister encouraged the gatherings, he attended the gatherings, he attended the gathering is, he pulled the drinks at the gatherings and even raised a toast at the gatherings, so he knew perfectly well these gatherings had

taken place in the most despicable thing of all is that sue gray says she saw multiple examples of a lack of respect and poor treatment of security and cleaning staff because they knew what the rules meant even if nobody else does. does he show no sense of shame that downing street under him has been a cesspit, full of arrogant, entitled narcissists? as i have said to the house already, i think that it is absolutely disgraceful, in any circumstances, to be rude to people who are helping you, rude to staff, route two custodians, it is intolerable and i will make sure that those who are guilty of it apologise or are otherwise disciplined. molar guilty of it apologise or are otherwise disciplined. now we have had this report _ otherwise disciplined. now we have had this report and _ otherwise disciplined. now we have had this report and the _ otherwise disciplined. now we have had this report and the prime - had this report and the prime minister has repeatedly apologised,

does my honourable friend not agree that we should be focusing on the real issues that matter to the british public... real issues that matter to the british public. . ._ real issues that matter to the british public... real issues that matter to the british iublic... , ., british public... sorry. both of you need a cup — british public... sorry. both of you need a cup of _ british public... sorry. both of you need a cup of tea _ british public... sorry. both of you need a cup of tea outside - british public... sorry. both of you need a cup of tea outside because | british public... sorry. both of you | need a cup of tea outside because i can't _ need a cup of tea outside because i can't hear— need a cup of tea outside because i can't hear with you both shouting. a separale _ can't hear with you both shouting. a separate debate was trying to be created — separate debate was trying to be created. , , ., ., created. does my honourable friend not a i ree created. does my honourable friend not agree we _ created. does my honourable friend not agree we should _ created. does my honourable friend not agree we should focus - created. does my honourable friend not agree we should focus on - created. does my honourable friend not agree we should focus on the i not agree we should focus on the real issues that matter to the british people, dealing with the cost of living and also the issues with russia's invasion of ukraine and given what happened in durham, the only people left to apologise in this chamber are on those labour benches, on the labourfront this chamber are on those labour benches, on the labour front benches opposite?! benches, on the labour front benches oi iosite?! , , .,, benches, on the labour front benches oiiosite?! , , opposite?! yes, people in glass houses should _ opposite?! yes, people in glass houses should not _ opposite?! yes, people in glass houses should not throw - opposite?! yes, people in glass| houses should not throw stones. opposite?! yes, people in glass - houses should not throw stones. to houses should not throw stones. trr call this a damning report for the prime minister is an understatement. it states the senior leadership at the centre must bear responsibility. for 168 days he has used sue gray as

a human shield against this duty. in this farce of a parliamentary system it is now all down to tory mps and there are not many left ear, for them to grow a backbone and oust this moral vacuum of a prime minister. would he spared them the travel and resign? ihla. minister. would he spared them the traveland resign? ihla. can i thank travel and resign? no. can i thank sue gra traveland resign? no. can i thank sue gray for bringing this report to us today and of course the metropolitan police for concluding their inquiries before that. but does the prime minister agree with me that investigations should be carried out without outside interference or statements towards the police or others and with the prime minister now as the leader of the opposition to respect this tube with regards to durham constabulary? yes, it sounds like very sound advice. ~ , yes, it sounds like very sound advice. g ., yes, it sounds like very sound advice. y ., , yes, it sounds like very sound advice. g ., , ., ., advice. my mother, my father-in-law

and my mother-in-law_ advice. my mother, my father-in-law and my mother-in-law are _ advice. my mother, my father-in-law and my mother-in-law are just - advice. my mother, my father-in-law and my mother-in-law are just three | and my mother—in—law are just three of the nearly 180,000 people who died from covid—19 in britain. the law is broken by the prime minister, the chancellor and others were not victimless crimes. they were not silly rules and meaningless red tape. they were designed to protect lives. mr speaker, the doctors and nurses who cared for my relatives at north manchester general hospital were not clocking off for wine time friday. so for the first time in his life, will be a prime minister do the right thing and resign? no, mr speaker, buti no, mr speaker, but i want to assure him that i understand the reasons why he feels as he does, but i also

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