Prime Minister's Questions: 8 July 2020
Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast
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🗓️ 8 July 2020
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| 0:00.0 | We're now heading over to questions to the Prime Minister. |
| 0:03.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:04.0 | And we start with question one from Anna McMoran. |
| 0:10.0 | Question number one, Mr Speaker. |
| 0:13.0 | Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition to my duties in this House. |
| 0:19.0 | I shall have further such meetings later today. |
| 0:21.6 | Adam McMoy. |
| 0:22.6 | Thank you, Mr Speaker. |
| 0:24.6 | I am shocked and angered at workers in UK clothing factories like Boohoo |
| 0:29.6 | being paid a mere £3.50 an hour and being forced to work in totally unacceptable conditions. In the 21st century, there must be no room for exploitation and modern slavery. |
| 0:43.3 | We must call time on fast fashion for the sake of people and our planet. |
| 0:47.3 | So my question is simple, Mr. Speaker. |
| 0:50.3 | What will the Prime Minister do about it? |
| 0:52.3 | Mr. Speaker, first of all, it's this Conservative government that set up laws against modern slavery. |
| 0:59.0 | It's this Conservative government that massively increased the living wage, not an institute of the living wage, but massively increased it. |
| 1:07.0 | And we would hope that it will be the Labour mayor of Leicester who would stand up for the |
| 1:12.3 | interests of the workforce in his community and that's what we will do. |
| 1:15.3 | We're heading to the shadows of Litchfield Cathedral with Maitle Fabricans, Maitle Fabrican. |
| 1:23.1 | Thank you Mr Speaker and it's not just the 800 yearold Litchfield Cathedral that we have. We've also got |
| 1:29.7 | the beautiful leafy lanes, wonderful restaurants and bars. But I'll tell you what we also have, |
| 1:35.3 | and that is the Litchfield Garrick, which is a major theatre in the area, the hub at St. Mary's. |
| 1:41.8 | And so what I'd like to know is this. I welcome the 1.7 billion pound grant that's been given to support our theatres and performing |
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