Prime Minister's Questions - 23 June 2021
Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast
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🗓️ 23 June 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Questions to Prime Minister? |
| 0:02.0 | Yes. |
| 0:03.0 | I start with John Stevenson. |
| 0:07.0 | Go on. |
| 0:09.0 | Prime Minister. |
| 0:10.0 | Mr. Speaker, today marks five years since this country voted to leave the European Union. |
| 0:19.0 | It has allowed us to take back control of the issues |
| 0:21.8 | that matter to the people of the United Kingdom. It has given us the freedom to establish |
| 0:26.3 | eight free ports across the country, driving new investment, to develop the fastest vaccine |
| 0:31.3 | rollout in Europe, to protect and invest in jobs and renewal across every part of the UK, |
| 0:39.4 | to control our immigration system and to sign a historic trade deal with Australia. It will allow us to shape a better future |
| 0:43.7 | for our people. Mr. Speaker, over 5.6 million EU citizens have already applied to our EU |
| 0:50.5 | settlement scheme and I would encourage anyone who may still be eligible to apply |
| 0:55.8 | ahead of the deadline next week. |
| 0:57.7 | Mr Speaker, this week is Armed Forces Week and I'm sure colleagues from across the House |
| 1:03.8 | will wish to join me in thanking our fantastic armed forces and their families for their |
| 1:09.7 | service to our country. |
| 1:16.5 | Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this House. |
| 1:18.8 | I shall have further such meetings later today. |
| 1:26.0 | Mr. Speaker, Prime Minister, we are to host COP26. Our goal is net zero by 2050. |
| 1:32.3 | To achieve that target will require innovative policies and a free market approach would help. Therefore, if we were to make solar panels compulsory for all new residential builds, we immediately create a large market. |
| 1:40.3 | It will lead to innovation, lower prices, job creation and contribute towards our 2050 target. |
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