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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions - 12 January 2022

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

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🗓️ 12 January 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson MP, took questions from MPs in the House of Commons on 12 January 2022. Want to find out more about what's happening in the House of Commons this week? Follow @HouseofCommons on Twitter, and @UKHouseofCommons on Facebook and Instagram for more.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We are now going to start PMQs, but before we do, I want to remind everybody

0:07.0

The Prime Minister's question, I would like to point out that the British

0:16.0

sign language interpretation of proceedings is available to watch on Parliament live TV.

0:21.6

We start with Prime Minister's questions.

0:23.6

Dr James Davies.

0:25.6

Mr.

0:26.6

Mr. Speaker.

0:27.6

Prime Minister.

0:29.6

Mr. Speaker, I know that the whole House will want to join me in paying tribute to Jack Bromey.

0:36.6

His working life was devoted to his trade

0:39.3

union members and in recent years his constituents in Birmingham, Erdington. I was deeply saddened

0:45.3

to hear of his death and my thoughts are with Harriet and the family and all those who knew him as a

0:51.3

friend. Mr. Speaker, I want to apologize.

0:56.0

I know that millions of people across this country have made extraordinary sacrifices over the last 18 months.

1:05.0

I know the anguish that they have been through, unable to mourn their relatives, unable to live their lives as they want,

1:13.4

or to do the things they love.

1:17.2

And I know the rage they feel with me and with the government I lead when they think

1:24.9

that in Downing Street itself the rules are not being properly followed by

1:29.7

the people who make the rules.

1:32.3

And though I cannot anticipate the conclusions of the current inquiry, I have learned enough

1:38.8

to know that there were things we simply did not get right. And I must take responsibility.

1:48.0

Number 10 is a big department with the garden as an extension of the office,

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