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Who is current prime minister of UK
The Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP.
What time was PMQs?
The Prime Minister answers questions from MPs in the House of Commons every sitting Wednesday from 12.00pm until the end of Question Time at 12.30pm.
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What time is Johnson hearing?
When is the hearing and how can I watch it? – You can watch the Privileges Committee hearing and follow the latest updates on our live blog. The Privileges Committee heard oral evidence from Mr Johnson from 2pm on Wednesday. The hearing can also be watched on BBC Parliament and Parliament TV, a service which is free to watch online.
How many rooms does 10 Downing Street have?
10 Downing Street | |
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Location in Westminster | |
General information | |
Architectural style | Georgian |
Town or city | City of Westminster London, SW1 |
Country | United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 51°30′12″N 0°07′39″W / 51.5033°N 0.1275°W |
Current tenants | Rishi Sunak ( Prime Minister of the United Kingdom ) Larry ( Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office ) |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | 10 Downing Street, SW1A 2AA |
Designated | 14 January 1970 |
Reference no. | 1210759 |
Construction started | 1682 ; 341 years ago |
Completed | 1684 ; 339 years ago |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | Kenton Couse |
10 Downing Street in London is the official residence and office of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Colloquially known as Number 10, the building is in Downing Street, just off Whitehall, in the City of Westminster, London. It is over 300 years old and contains approximately 100 rooms.
A private residence for the prime minister occupies the third floor and there is a kitchen in the basement. The other floors contain offices and conference, reception, sitting and dining rooms where the prime minister works, and where government ministers, national leaders and foreign dignitaries are met and hosted.
At the rear is an interior courtyard and a terrace overlooking a 1 ⁄ 2 -acre (0.2 ha) garden, Adjacent to St James’s Park, Number 10 is approximately 3 ⁄ 4 mile (1.2 km) from Buckingham Palace, the London residence of the British monarch, and near the Palace of Westminster, the meeting place of both Houses of Parliament.
- Originally three houses, Number 10 was offered to Robert Walpole by King George II in 1732.
- Walpole accepted on the condition that the gift was to the office of First Lord of the Treasury.
- The post of First Lord of the Treasury has, for much of the 18th and 19th centuries and invariably since 1905, been held by the prime minister.
Walpole commissioned William Kent to join the three houses and it is this larger house that is known as Number 10 Downing Street. Despite its size and convenient location near to Parliament, few early prime ministers lived at 10 Downing Street. Costly to maintain, neglected, and run-down, Number 10 was scheduled to be demolished several times, but the property survived and became linked with many statesmen and events in British history.
What is no 10 in England?
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explains his new approach to Net Zero. Slides to accompany the Prime Minister’s new approach to Net Zero. UK to associate to Horizon Europe and Copernicus programmes through a bespoke new agreement with the EU. The government will meet its manifesto commitment to build 1 million homes over this Parliament, the Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced. 10 Downing Street is the official residence and the office of the British Prime Minister. The office helps the Prime Minister to establish and deliver the government’s overall strategy and policy priorities, and to communicate the government’s policies to Parliament, the public and international audiences. Read more about what we do
How many ex prime ministers are still alive?
Longest-lived – The longest-lived prime minister was James Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff, who was born on 27 March 1912 and died on 26 March 2005 at the age of 92 years 364 days, which was the day before his 93rd birthday. Prior to this the longest-living prime minister was Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton, who was born on 10 February 1894 and died on 29 December 1986 (aged 92 years, 322 days).
Who sits behind the PM at PMQS
Role – The Parliamentary Private Secretary can become a highly powerful and significant role; Bonar Law ‘s Parliamentary Private Secretary, J.C.C. Davidson acted in effect as his chief of staff. Margaret Thatcher ‘s downfall from the Conservative Party leadership in 1990 is attributed by many to the actions of her Parliamentary Private Secretary, Peter Morrison, in failing to accurately count votes amongst Conservative backbenchers.
Some Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister go on to hold higher office; Alec Douglas-Home served as Parliamentary Private Secretary under Neville Chamberlain and later went on to serve as Prime Minister in his own right. There can be multiple Parliamentary Private Secretaries to the Prime Minister at a given time.
Many Prime Ministers have used this tactic during their premierships; former Prime Minister David Cameron only employed one Parliamentary Private Secretary at a time during his tenure in office, but he appointed Sir John Hayes as a minister without portfolio with responsibility for the Parliamentary Conservative Party, a job typically reserved for the Parliamentary Private Secretary.
How many MPs are there?
General elections (elections to the UK Parliament) usually take place every 5 years. To vote in a general election you must:
be registered to vote be 18 or over on the day of the election (‘polling day’) be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen be resident at an address in the UK (or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years) not be legally excluded from voting
There are 650 Members of Parliament ( MPs ) in the UK Parliament. MPs are elected using the First Past the Post system. You vote once for a candidate in your constituency and the candidate with the most votes becomes your MP, You can find your local MP,
How do I watch Parliament TV?
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Who investigated Partygate?
Police investigation – A police inquiry, called Operation Hillman, was started into 12 gatherings on 8 different days, seven of which Boris Johnson was alleged to have attended. As of 10 February 2022, the inquiry was led by Commander Catherine Roper.
- On 24 January 2022, the Metropolitan Police contacted the Cabinet Office asking for all relevant information from the Gray inquiry.
- On 25 January they announced the launch of their investigation into potential breaches of COVID regulations in Whitehall and Downing Street during the pandemic.
- Cressida Dick, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, said though they would not normally investigate breaches so far back, such investigations happened where there was evidence of “serious and flagrant breach” of regulations.
The threshold criteria were “that those involved knew or ought to have known that what they were doing was an offence;” that “not investigating would significantly undermine the legitimacy of the law”, and “there was little ambiguity around the absence of any reasonable defence”.
- Sky News reported that the Metropolitan Police did not object to Gray’s inquiry being released before its investigation and that Gray was in communication with the police.
- The police investigation had more than 500 pages of documents and more than 300 images.
- On 31 January, it was announced that the police were not planning to name anyone given an FPN in relation to their investigation.
The police said they would announce the total number of penalties issued and what they were issued for. After some initial confusion, the Government said it would publish “everything we can”, including if Johnson or the Cabinet Secretary was given one.
In early February, the police said they would email a questionnaire to up to 90 people alleged to have been present at events, including Johnson and also, it was expected, his wife Carrie. Rishi Sunak, Simon Case and Martin Reynolds were also sent questionnaires. On 11 February 2022, 10 Downing Street confirmed that Johnson had received a questionnaire, which must be responded to within seven days.
The police said it asked what happened and “must be answered truthfully”. Such questionnaires have the same status as information given in an interview under caution. Johnson was thus the first British Prime Minister to have been asked questions under caution.
- “Did you participate in a gathering on a specific date?”
- “What was the purpose of your participation in that gathering?”
- “Did you interact with, or undertake any activity with, other persons present at the gathering? If yes, please provide details”.
- “What, if any, lawful exception applied to the gathering and/or what reasonable excuse did you have for participating in the gathering?”
Also covered was what times someone attended an event and how many others were present. Gray made her interview notes with staff available to those sent questionnaires by the police. On 21 March 2022, the police announced that they had sent out more than 100 questionnaires and that they had additionally started to interview witnesses.
On 21 April 2022, it was reported that the police would not provide any further updates on their investigation until after 5 May. This was because local elections were due on that date and guidance from the National Police Chiefs’ Council to avoid communications that might influence the outcome of elections.
On 23 April 2022, however, it was announced that further FPNs had been issued to some of those who had attended the drinks party in the Downing Street garden in May 2020. Johnson had not been amongst those receiving one. More questionnaires were sent out in early May 2022.
- On 19 May 2022, the police said that they had completed their investigations, with the police concluding that offences were committed on 8 different dates.
- The investigation involved 12 detectives, 345 documents (including emails, door logs, diary entries and witness statements), 510 photographs or CCTV images, and 204 questionnaires.
The cost of the enquiry was given as £460,000.
What watch does Boris Johnson wear?
And then there’s Britain’s very own Boris Johnson. The famously dishevelled prime minister wears a time-only quartz Pulsar which looks, at a distance, a bit like a Calatrava, but which costs perhaps a hundredth of the price—clearly showing the same indifference to luxury watches as he does to his unruly mop.
What was the Johnson Committee decision
Final report – The Committee published their final report on 15 June. The Committee had voted on the final report text and unanimously supported it. They concluded that Johnson had deliberately misled the House, a contempt of Parliament. They said that, had he still been an MP, they would have recommended a 90 day suspension.
- If that had happened, it would have been the second longest suspension since 1949.
- The Committee concluded that Johnson’s actions were “more serious” because they were committed when he was Prime Minister.
- They noted that there was no precedent for a PM being found to have deliberately misled Parliament.
The report stated that Johnson tried to “rewrite the meaning” of COVID rules “to fit his own evidence” for example that “a leaving gathering or a gathering to boost morale was a lawful reason to hold a gathering.” They concluded he was guilty of further contempts of Parliament and that he breached confidentiality requirements by criticising the Committee’s provisional findings when he resigned.
- They said he was complicit in a “campaign of abuse” against those investigating him.13.
- We considered the nature and extent of Mr Johnson’s culpability in misleading the House.
- In coming to the conclusion that Mr Johnson deliberately misled the House, we considered: a) His repeated and continuing denials of the facts, for example his refusal to accept that there were insufficient efforts to enforce social distancing at gatherings where a lack of social distancing is documented in official photographs, and that he neither saw nor heard anything to alert him to the breaches that occurred.
b) The frequency with which he closed his mind to those facts and to what was obvious so that eventually the only conclusion that could be drawn was that he was deliberately closing his mind. c) The fact that he sought to re-write the meaning of the Rules and Guidance to fit his own evidence, for example, his assertion that “imperfect” social distancing was perfectly acceptable when there were no mitigations in place rather than cancelling a gathering or holding it online, and his assertion that a leaving gathering or a gathering to boost morale was a lawful reason to hold a gathering.
d) His own after-the-event rationalisations, for example the nature and extent of the assurances he received, the words used, the purpose of the assurances, who they came from, the warning he received about that from Martin Reynolds (his Principal Private Secretary) and his failure to take advice from others whose advice would have been authoritative.
His view about his own Fixed Penalty Notice (that he was baffled as to why he received it) is instructive.14. We came to the view that some of Mr Johnson’s denials and explanations were so disingenuous that they were by their very nature deliberate attempts to mislead the Committee and the House, while others demonstrated deliberation because of the frequency with which he closed his mind to the truth.