are you confident that you've done nothing wrong absolutely confident there's no problem here
who hasn't signed the uh petition yet
any word for your victim mr khan yes i think i heard something about him heard on the great
we just heard about the parliamentary commissioner for standards investigating
you what can you tell us well that's an investigation and we'll be responding in
due course what are you able to tell us about what that investigation is about well i need to
talk to my office about that but we're responding in due course has it come as a surprise to you no
so when were you aware of this well it's uh all mp's made aware if there's any concerns my office
is dealing with it and will be replying in due course are you confident that you've done nothing
wrong absolutely confident there's no problem here okay um to move on to um other issues the
economy um the cbi says that vital actions need to be taken what are your thoughts on what those
vital actions should be i think these latest figures are going to be a real cause for concern
for millions of people who are struggling already to pay their bills so this is a very gloomy
forecast and it's not new we've had low growth in our economy for 12 years the entire period of this
conservative government we've had low growth and high taxes that combination is really punishing
people across the country what we need is a plan to get the economy going investment in the right
place cutting those taxes the emergency budget that we've been calling for but i'm afraid all
that we've got is a government that's out of touch and out of ideas we've also got a big gap between
inflation and wages they're lagging behind the winter of discontent in the 70s was caused when
people wanted more from a labor government in in similar economic circumstances in that sense
the conservatives have now said they're looking at changing the law so that scab labour can be
brought in that's a track for for you isn't it people are going to want to know what you think
well nobody wants strikes and i think we all need to get everybody around the table to make
sure the strikes don't happen i think that can be done what i think many people are fed up with
is a government that's a commentator we need a government that rolls up its sleeves gets the
relevant people around the table and stops these strikes happening in the first place that's what
we need above all else on northern ireland the protocol you could end up leading a country that
is known for breaking international law what do you think of that i was in dublin last week
and then in belfast last week talking to leading politicians all the political parties the business
communities and i think the answer this is to accept there are some problems in the way the
protocol works but they could be resolved around the negotiating table with statecraft with guile
with trust unfortunately we don't have those in the current prime minister they won't be resolved
by legislation that breaches international law and that frankly will impede the negotiations
that in the end will be needed to settle this so the government is going down the wrong track
here and i feel that very strongly having spent time last week in all in ireland and in northern
ireland and on rwanda finally is the government going down the right track there they say that it
will break the model of the people smugglers the government isn't going down the right track nobody
wants to see people making that dangerous journey across the channel and we all want to come down
very heavily on the criminal gangs that are behind this that will only be done with grown-up politics
engaging with the french authorities and running those operations upstream to stop these gangs
it won't be done by this plan that is not thought through will cost a fortune and is
yet more evidence of a government that's in chaos and you know is frankly out of ideas
you