“I stand by the manifesto on that,” the new PM told the Commons – referring to the 2019 moratorium on drilling for shale gas.
Labour’s shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell described the comments as "shockingly tone deaf".
Rishi Sunak brought her back just six days after she was forced out for breaking the ministerial code.
The appointments highlight how "unevenly spread opportunities to enter the most prestigious positions continue to be", Sir Peter Lampl said.
Braverman's appointment in the new cabinet confounds opponents, but Cleverly asserts that she has "a very clear aim" for the job.
Only 22 per cent of those able to attend cabinet meetings are women, while just five of the 31 frontbenchers are non-white.
She had been forced out for breaking code in dying days of the Liz Truss government.
"He’s only forty-two, which probably means he will serve well into his forty-two-and-a-halves.”
It has been a bit of a bloodbath!
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