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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I pay tribute to my hon. Friend for the role that she and others played in seeing Davy Russell elected. He will be a dedicated champion for his and her constituents. After nearly two decades in...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this really important issue for his constituents. I think it does impact rural areas in particular. We have set out record funding for the NHS. We have our...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

It is important that we take action to protect our children. From July, tough new rules will mean platforms must protect children in the UK from seeing harmful and violent content. We do need to...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for championing this really important issue. My late mother had diabetes, so I know at first hand just what a struggle it can be and how important this is. Type 1 diabetes...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I join my hon. Friend on his comments about Billy Boston, and I think the whole House will, Mr Speaker. We are turning the tide on the housing crisis, with the biggest investment in social and...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for raising this. The epidemic of absence in our schools really does worry me. Thanks to the efforts of schools and parents across the country, we have seen over 3 million...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I imagine when the right hon. Member says “disaster”, he is referring to the last Government.

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I know my hon. Friend has been fighting hard for this project for years, and she is right that the previous Government failed to deliver. You could say that about anything they touched, Mr...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I am grateful to the hon. Member for raising this important case of Spirit AeroSystems in Northern Ireland. I know how important it is for the workforce; I have visited them myself on more than...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

My hon. Friend will have seen the statement we made yesterday and the actions that we are taking with allies. The humanitarian situation is dreadful and distressing, and the scenes that we have...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

May I start with the important point that the hon. Lady makes about Ballymena? I utterly condemn the violence that we saw overnight in Ballymena and other parts of Northern Ireland, including...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I thank my hon. Friend for raising this. I believe this Government must seize the opportunities of net zero for working people, creating good, skilled jobs and taking them off the rollercoaster...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

As the right hon. Gentleman knows, that is an issue that is being considered, but it is complicated and there are a great many countervailing factors that need to be carefully balanced in any...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I agree with the right hon. Gentleman that the health crisis created by the previous Government cannot be—[Interruption.] Opposition Members groan, but that is exactly how the country feels...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

It is very important that we make the changes to our welfare system. It is not working, and it needs reform. I think everyone agrees with that. It does not work for anyone. We will do this on a...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

The wrong choice that they made was making the right hon. Lady the Leader of the Opposition.

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

Diego Garcia is a vital intelligence and strategic capability, and it is absolutely clear that legal uncertainty would compromise it in very short order—that is why the Conservatives...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

I think the right hon. Lady let slip on the Matt Forde programme the other day that she rehearses her fury for PMQs, so there was a very good rehearsal this morning, I think. She asks what we are...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

The Conservatives left a £22 billion black hole that we had to fill, and that is why we took the right decisions. We have stabilised the economy, which is why we have seen four interest rate...

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Keir Starmer made a speech in the House of Commons

The right hon. Lady has obviously missed the interest rate cuts, the growth figures for earlier this year, the strategic defence review, £15 billion going into local transport, free school...