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  • Vicky Ford – 2021 Comments on Breakfast Clubs

    Vicky Ford – 2021 Comments on Breakfast Clubs

    The comments made by Vicky Ford, the Children and Families Minister, on 9 July 2021.

    The National School Breakfast Programme is a fantastic scheme, helping some of the most disadvantaged children across the country kick start their day with a good, healthy meal, which can be so important in helping their concentration and behaviour during the school day.

    Family Action will lead this delivery in schools, backed by our £24 million investment, meaning hundreds of thousands of children can benefit from breakfast clubs over the next two years – I encourage all eligible schools to sign up.

  • Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    Bridget Phillipson – 2021 Comments on Latest GDP Figures

    The comments made by Bridget Phillipson on 9 July 2021.

    After causing the UK to experience the worst economic crisis in the G7, the Conservatives should be getting the economy powering on all cylinders. Instead, this morning’s growth data shows how fragile the UK’s economic recovery is.

    Instead of the Conservatives’ failure to secure the recovery, Labour’s plan to buy, make and sell more in Britain would mean seizing new opportunities to shape a new future for Britain. This would give people new skills and jobs here in the UK, bring security and resilience back to our economy and public services and help our high streets to thrive again.

  • Steve Reed – 2021 Comments on Financial Shortfalls in Local Government

    Steve Reed – 2021 Comments on Financial Shortfalls in Local Government

    The comments made by Steve Reed, the Shadow Communities and Local Government Secretary, on 9 July 2021.

    Councils were already reeling from a decade of cuts to their budgets but Ministers’ broken promises to fund local authorities for the costs of the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed them towards the brink.

    Councils across England are already being forced to cut the very staff we clapped at the start of the pandemic and reduce the crucial services our communities rely on.

    The Conservatives need to keep their promise to reimburse councils fully for the cost of keeping communities safe during the pandemic.

  • Stephen Morgan – 2021 Comments on the Armed Forces Bill

    Stephen Morgan – 2021 Comments on the Armed Forces Bill

    The comments made by Stephen Morgan, the Shadow Armed Forces Minister, on 9 July 2021.

    The Government’s Armed Forces Bill is too narrow and too weak. Its provisions do not apply to government departments, including the Ministry of Defence, and its narrow focus on housing, health care and education, risks creating a ‘two-tier’ Armed Forces Covenant that begins a race to the bottom on standards in those areas left out.

    Labour has tabled a series of amendments to the Bill to widen its scope. We will work with MPs of all parties to make sure the government keeps its promises to service personnel, veterans and their families.

  • Justin Madders – 2021 Comments on Reducing Sensitivity of Track and Trace App

    Justin Madders – 2021 Comments on Reducing Sensitivity of Track and Trace App

    The comments made by Justin Madders, the Shadow Health Minister, on 9 July 2021.

    It is hard to square this plan with the more transmissible Delta variant, now is not the time to be taking the batteries out of the smoke alarm.

    We need clear messages from Ministers about how contact tracing will work once more people are vaccinated – not mixed messages that suggest they just want more people to avoid being traced.

    With predictions of 100,000 cases a day an effective contact tracing system will be crucial to stop cases spiralling out of control. Without one, Ministers are gambling with summer.

  • Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2021 Comments on Financial Cost of Priti Patel’s Bullying

    Nick Thomas-Symonds – 2021 Comments on Financial Cost of Priti Patel’s Bullying

    The comments made by Nick Thomas-Symonds, the Shadow Home Secretary, on 9 July 2021.

    Taxpayers will be appalled at having to pick up the Bill for the Home Secretary’s unacceptable behaviour with £370,000 having been used to settle the case – this money could have been used on extra police officers, or tackling anti-social behaviour.

    It was wrong that when Priti Patel broke the Ministerial Code, it was the Prime Minister’s independent adviser who resigned.

    As usual with this Government it is one rule for them, another for everyone else.

  • Louise Haigh – 2021 Comments on Visit to Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry

    Louise Haigh – 2021 Comments on Visit to Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry

    The comments made by Louise Haigh, the Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, on 9 July 2021.

    Lyra McKee is an inspiration to me and so many across these islands and around the world. She was a tolerant, progressive voice for change.

    It was such an honour to walk across the Peace Bridge with Lyra’s partner, Sara Canning. Out of terrible grief and trauma, she is building on Lyra’s remarkable legacy and continues to show incredible courage in speaking out.

    The work to build on the promise of peace depends on all of us standing squarely alongside those like Sara.

  • Keir Starmer – 2021 Comments on Visit to Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry

    Keir Starmer – 2021 Comments on Visit to Peace Bridge in Derry/Londonderry

    The comments made by Keir Starmer, the Leader of the Opposition, on 9 July 2021.

    Lyra McKee was the very best of Northern Ireland. She dreamt of a future of equality and reconciliation.

    Lyra’s partner, Sara Canning has fought a determined campaign for justice. Her determination to build on Lyra’s legacy, and to build a lasting peace, is humbling and demands all our support.

    I was honoured to cross the Peace Bridge, a symbol of reconciliation between two communities, with Sara.

  • Jim McMahon – 2021 Comments on Traffic Light Travel System

    Jim McMahon – 2021 Comments on Traffic Light Travel System

    The comments made by Jim McMahon, the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, on 8 July 2021.

    I requested that the data for every country be published so that travellers and the industry could forward plan and know the direction of travel for each country. Simply publishing the data for a limited number of countries after you’ve made a decision isn’t helpful.

    It’s clear that Government must hold the data informing traffic light risk assessments for each country, but is choosing to only publish an extremely limited selection. Could you explain why that is, and when will you finally publish – or direct the JBC to publish – the full data for country, which you implied had already been done?

  • Ed Miliband – 2021 Comments on Steel Import Safeguards

    Ed Miliband – 2021 Comments on Steel Import Safeguards

    The comments made by Ed Miliband, the Shadow Secretary of State for Business, on 29 June 2021.

    There is just one day to go until the Government announces whether or not it will retain crucial steel import safeguards.

    This is an incredibly significant decision for our steel industry, and a major test of this Government’s promise to protect and champion British businesses post-Brexit.

    The Business Secretary cannot allow our vital UK industries to be thrown under the bus by the Trade Secretary. Failure to maintain these safeguards would be a betrayal of Britain’s steel industry, a betrayal of communities across the country, and a self-defeating hammer blow to our national interest.