Keir Starmer welcomes Dover MP Natalie Elphicke to Labour as she defects from Conservatives
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00:00 After the representation that Finetown has had recently, it's good to know they've
00:04 got a proper champion back at last.
00:07 Can I also warmly welcome the new Labour MP for Dover to these benches?
00:15 Mr Speaker, if one week a Tory MP who's also a doctor says the Prime Minister can't
00:22 be trusted with the NHS and joins Labour, and the next week the Tory MP for Dover, on
00:29 the front line of the small boats crisis, says the Prime Minister cannot be trusted
00:35 with our borders and joins Labour, what is the point of this failed government staggering
00:42 on?
00:43 Well Mr Speaker, can I actually join him in welcoming his newest MP for Blackpool?
00:50 I must say he looks a lot happier than the member who was sitting there last week.
00:54 But let me also join with him in congratulating all new and paying tribute to all former cabinet