Keir Starmer

This was not a matter of judging the past by the standards of today. It had been wrong then and it was wrong now. It should never have happened.

The apology was long overdue, he said. The shame was ours.

For this systemic failure, I am truly sorry.

Today, finally, I do say on behalf of the state and the nations involved: we see you, we hear you and we are truly sorry.

The shame was never yours. The shame is ours. You should not have had to fight so hard for this day to come.

We are deeply and profoundly sorry to the mothers who were told they were unfit, who were prevented from caring for the children they desperately wanted to help and to keep.

The shame is not yours. The shame was never yours. The shame is ours.

We do say sorry and we mean it, but sorry is not enough.

Things that are intensely personal and private, full of pain and grief, being said out loud in a chamber like this is really difficult.

What happened to them, and to tens of thousands of mothers, children, and families, should never have happened. It is a stain on our history.

Racism and intolerance is permeating everywhere and it should be called out by every single person who is a politician at any level in this country.

Before they offer any more advice, they should look in the mirror.

This is the party that thinks we should give up the nuclear deterrent and he stands there to talk about defence, so we need no more advice and sanctimonious nonsense.

Yes, I can, and that is because of the increasing defence spending we put in place last year already in place, which was the single biggest sustained increase since the 1980s.

The hard truth is there are no easy answers, but the settlement I’m setting out today is the right choice for the country.

We must use this investment wisely, as I know that in the past, defense spending has sometimes been seen as a bottomless pit.

Their record is cutting defence spending mine is rising it to £300bn and rising.

Let's drop the faux outrage and focus on what matters.

Our thoughts, and I'm sure the thoughts of the whole House, are with the people of Venezuela. The scenes of destruction are simply harrowing.

This is really important because our politics is becoming more diverse and racism and intolerance is permeating, everywhere. And we have to deal with it, because it's tearing our societies apart.

We are in power with record investment in defence and security. I am proud of this Labour Government and any Labour prime minister would stand behind this plan.

The recommendations of the Amos and Ockenden reviews will be delivered.

On the grooming gangs inquiry, it should go wherever the evidence takes it.

They won’t defend their record because they can’t. They won’t apologise for it because they’d have to admit what we all know is a total failure. They just try to pretend the 14 years they were in power never really happened.

What did they actually do? They cut defence - 2.5% down to 2.3% in their 14 long years. And what did they do on welfare? They put the bill up by £88bn. So no lectures from them.