Conduct of the Right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip

Early day motion 400, tabled 21 September 2022 by Stephen Timms (Labour). Signed by 13 members.

That this House notes that the Right hon. Member for Uxbridge and South Ruislip stated incorrectly in the House on twelve occasions between 24 November 2021 and 20 July 2022 that total employment was higher than before the pandemic; further notes that he accepted at the Liaison Committee on 30 March and in his follow-up letter of 26 April that this claim was incorrect; notes that he answered a parliamentary written question on 23 June acknowledging that the total UK employment was lower that before the pandemic; regrets that he made the incorrect claim on three further occasions after the Liaison Committee meeting, including when he last answered questions as Prime Minister on 20 July, stating We have more people in paid employment that at any time in the history of this country; and calls on the Right hon. Member to correct the record at the earliest opportunity.

Signatures by party: Labour 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 3, Green 1, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.