"Look, the voters are not interested in prodding people in public or hearing them say um a lot. Those are not the priorities of the Great British People or this Labour Government. This Labour Government has a laser like focus on the issues that do matter to the Great British People. Issues like Those Things They All or Things We are Good At. That is what matter to the Great British People and that is what matters to this Labour Government."

More seriously, the government have the advantage of setting the agenda, literally, for lots of the debate. If you've brought in legislation for a bunch of issues it's difficult for the opposition to shift focus to other issues. Not impossible but difficult. It's one of the reasons being Opposition sucks. No one cares what you think about opposition issues. They barely care what you think about government issues.