Labour accused Johnson of trying to shirk responsibility for a “shambles” caused by the “incompetence” of his government.

“It is brazen of the Prime Minister to idly shrug away a disaster that his own Government created."

He also referred to the “supine stem of confiteor” and touched on the debate around whether Harry Potter is sexist or not.

“I find myself consumed with sadness but also with real anger at the death of Mercy Baguma and first and foremost my thoughts – and I’m sure the thoughts of all of us – go to her family and friends following her tragic death.”

“It’s sickening that thieves should steal from the NHS and our medics when they were treating a poorly child."

“Most disturbingly, you left Abberley Hall in 1999 because suspicion had been raised against your name, but the school chose to give you a reference and you went to the school in Kenya.”

“After seeing Captain Tom walking his garden a hundred times we thought if we could even raise £50 for a good cause then great."

"I was a black man in a dominant white town. It was very racist to just come to me and ask me whose credit cards I had."

Prisons have managed to avoid devastating outbreaks of Covid-19. But the measures used to contain the virus have exacerbated a burgeoning mental health crisis for inmates - and those they leave behind.