Rishi Sunak corrected the Commons record on Prime Minister

14 November 2022 · Commons Hansard, Written Corrections

The words were spoken in the Commons on 9 November 2022. The correction was made by letter from the Prime Minister, the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) (Rishi Sunak), and printed in Hansard's Written Corrections on 14 November 2022. The figure 700,000 in the original became 600,000 in the correction, lower by 100,000. Altogether 2 words differ between the two versions.

The question

Q5. Does the Prime Minister remember back in February, when he was Chancellor of the Exchequer, that I informed him that, due to his incompetence in that job, the children in my constituency were going to bed that night with no food in their tummies and no heat in their homes? What will he now do as Prime Minister to make sure that, in every community in our country, children are not in that situation in this hard winter ahead?

Original and corrected words

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Original	Corrected
The absolute best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty, which is something that none of us wants to see, is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household. The record under these Governments is that ~~700,000~~ fewer children are growing up in workless households. That is because Conservative Governments create jobs for people, and that is the best anti-poverty strategy that we have.	The absolute best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty, which is something that none of us wants to see, is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household. The record under these Governments is that 600,000 fewer children are growing up in workless households. That is because Conservative Governments create jobs for people, and that is the best anti-poverty strategy that we have.

Original

Corrected

The absolute best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty, which is something that none of us wants to see, is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household. The record under these Governments is that ~~700,000~~ fewer children are growing up in workless households. That is because Conservative Governments create jobs for people, and that is the best anti-poverty strategy that we have.

The absolute best way to ensure that children do not grow up in poverty, which is something that none of us wants to see, is to ensure that they do not grow up in a workless household. The record under these Governments is that 600,000 fewer children are growing up in workless households. That is because Conservative Governments create jobs for people, and that is the best anti-poverty strategy that we have.

The correction in Hansard.

Receipt

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Date read	15 October 2026
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