Jon Ashworth MP, Labour’s Shadow Minister without Portfolio, responding to the Government issuing 30 written ministerial statements the day before recess, said:

“Despite previously complaining about the dumping of written statements on the day before Parliamentary recess Theresa May seems happy for her Government to do just that. In a deluge of statements her ministers have slipped out confirmation that tuition fees will go up, nurse bursaries will be scrapped and the news that correspondence regarding patients’ medical records has gone missing.

“The Tories might thing they can take things for granted on the last day but I’ll be keeping a total focus on them and the damaging policies they are pushing through.”