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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions: 3 June 2020

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

4.593 Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, took questions from MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday 3 June 2020.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Right, let us begin.

0:02.0

Question one, Rachel Musco.

0:04.0

Thank you. Number one, Mr. Speaker.

0:06.0

Prime Minister.

0:07.0

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

0:08.0

Tomorrow I will open the Global Vaccine Summit.

0:11.0

The UK hosted virtual event will bring together more than 50 countries as well as leaders of private sector organisations and civil society

0:20.0

to raise at least $7.4 billion for Gabby,

0:24.3

the Vaccine Alliance. And tomorrow's Global Vaccine Summit should be the moment when the world

0:29.4

comes together to unite humanity in the fight against disease. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had

0:35.7

meetings with ministerial colleagues and others

0:38.4

in addition to my duties in this House. I shall have further such meetings later today.

0:42.9

As the Prime Minister, Offes Yates over his advisor, the real scandal of the coronavirus

0:49.3

pandemic has been exposed in the Public Health England report published yesterday,

0:54.0

inequality and poverty.

0:55.0

If you are black or Asian, if you are poor, if you have a low-skilled job, the mortality risk is up to double that of the rest of the population,

1:04.0

the poorest having the greatest exposure, risk and fate. And now the government is seriously increasing that exposure and risk with

1:11.6

its easement announcements. Why won't the Prime Minister publish a full health and economic

1:17.6

risk assessment for public scrutiny to protect us all from this deadly virus?

1:22.6

Prime Minister.

1:23.6

Well, I thank the Honourable Lady for her question. This Government commissioned the review from Public Health, England, and we take its findings

1:31.0

very seriously because there obviously are inequalities in the way that the virus impacts

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