Penny Mordaunt – 2022 Comments on Prime Minister Not Hiding Under a Desk

The comments made by Penny Mordaunt, the Leader of the House of Commons, on 17 October 2022.

The Prime Minister is not under a desk, as the hon. Lady suggests. I can assure the House that, with regret, she is not here for a very good reason. Neither has she taken this decision to win the hon. Lady’s gratitude; she has done it out of a sense of duty, because she knows what is in the national interest.