PMQs

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I associate myself with the Prime Minister's comments about the bravery of the Ukrainian people. Labour has asked his Government on three occasions to commit to a police response to every domestic abuse call. To date, no answer has been forthcoming. Can the Prime Minister provide a response today?

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My constituents are upset about their bookings being cancelled when the Home Office took over a much-loved hotel. Will he redouble his efforts to put an end to this practice?

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Does the Prime Minister agree that the Northern Ireland protocol has been poorly implemented, and that removing unnecessary checks on goods should be part of any deal?

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Will the Prime Minister confirm that any deal he negotiates will see Northern Ireland continue to follow some EU law to avoid a hard border?

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Will the Prime Minister be honest with his Benches that he cannot achieve a deal without the involvement of the EU Court of Justice?

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If there is a deal, will he pull the protocol Bill to avoid battles with EU, US and others?

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Mr Speaker, the sound you hear is Conservative Members cheering the Prime Minister pulling the wool over their eyes. It is the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday agreement and the 30th anniversary of the Downing Street declaration. Tony Blair and John Major both recognised that politics in Northern Ireland is built on trust, not telling people what they want to hear, and on the need to take seriously the concerns of both communities—nationalists and Unionists. It is vital their voices are heard. Can the Prime Minister confirm that whatever deal he brings back, this House will get a vote on it?

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I take it from that that this House will get a vote, and I look forward to that vote in due course. Everyone knows that the basis of this deal has been agreed for weeks, but it is the same old story: the country has to wait while the Prime Minister plucks up the courage to take on the malcontents, the reckless and the wreckers on his own Benches. I am here to tell him that he does not need to worry about that, because we will put country before party and ensure that Labour votes to get it through. He should accept our offer and ignore the howls of indignation from those on his side who will never take yes for an answer. Why does he not just get on with it?

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Last year, the coroner determined that content promoting self-harm and suicide which was promoted to Molly Russell contributed to her death, but they were able to make that determination only after years of campaigning by the Russell family and coroners to gain access to that information. Does the Prime Minister agree that other families should not have to suffer as the Russell family have suffered, and that data relevant to the death of a child should be more readily available both to families and to the coroner service?

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Wholesale gas prices have fallen by 75% since their peak, yet in just a matter of weeks the British Government—the Westminster Government—intend to increase energy bills by a further £500. What would motivate a Prime Minister to do such a thing?

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I am not sure that implying that energy bills do not matter to the people of Scotland is a winning strategy for this Prime Minister. Let us get real: the fact that wholesale gas prices have fallen by 75% means a windfall to the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of around £15 billion, so what they are saying is that they intend to raid the pockets of ordinary Scots while lining the pockets of Westminster. It is time to set aside any notion of an energy price increase, but instead to protect households and perhaps to reduce bills by £500. Does the Prime Minister not agree?

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The Prime Minister will be well aware of the dogged campaign of my hon. Friend the Member for North West Norfolk (James Wild) for a rebuild of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in King's Lynn. That hospital is constructed from failing aerated concrete, and its ceilings are now supported by more than 3,000 wooden and metal props. Is the Prime Minister also aware of the strength of feeling locally in support of the rebuild, not just in North West Norfolk, but in Broadland, North Norfolk, Norwich North, Mid Norfolk, South West Norfolk, Huntingdon, North West Cambridgeshire and South Holland and the Deepings, whose populations are all served by that hospital? Will he support our campaign?

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It is unacceptable that Northern Ireland has been put in this place with a protocol that harms our place in the United Kingdom. It must be replaced to restore our place in the United Kingdom and its internal market. Does he accept how important the constitutional and democratic issues are? Does he agree it's unacceptable EU laws are imposed on Northern Ireland without democratic scrutiny or consent? Will he address those fundamental constitutional issues by rewriting the legally binding treaty text?

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Fixing illegal immigration is one of my top priorities. The Home Secretary said legislation would be necessary to stop it. When can we expect to see that legislation? Why didn't this priority feature in the Home Office permanent secretary's top three priorities?

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Thanks to our policies, we now face the highest tax burden and biggest drop in disposable income since WWII. We also suffered tens of billions lost on a test and trace system that was not fit for purpose, along with crony covid contracts. When will he help us recover some of this money so striking nurses and teachers can get the decent wage they deserve?

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I thank the Prime Minister for supporting our launch. Will he commit to working with us on two specific areas: first, improving regulator accountability; secondly, enhancing economic potential in critical sectors like finance, AI, and manufacturing?

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The Conservative manifesto promised 40 new hospitals, but after three years most do not have planning permission. Communities feel betrayed. St Helier Hospital is crumbling, and Hinchingbrooke has sewage leaking into wards. Does the Prime Minister agree no patients or staff should put up with these conditions? Can he tell us?

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I welcome the Government's commitment to tackling illegal migration, particularly the issue of small boats. Will my right hon. Friend reconsider the Government's proposal to relocate approximately 500 single male asylum seekers to Beaconside in Stafford? Will he meet me urgently to discuss it, given the huge number of objections that I have received from constituents on the issue?

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This month, the Scottish child payment marks its two-year anniversary. In a cost of living crisis, that policy has been a lifeline for hundreds of thousands of people in Scotland. Will the Prime Minister therefore follow the leadership of the Scottish Government by introducing an equivalent child payment?

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Mr Speaker, I have previously called out in this House the appalling level of service that my constituents and yours receive from train operator TransPennine. Last month, TransPennine had the largest number of cancellations of any service provider in the UK, but it turns out that even that figure was fiddled, because TransPennine had cancelled over 1,000 trains before 10.30 the night before so that they would not show up in the statistics. Does the Prime Minister agree that this practice is totally unacceptable, as is TransPennine's level of service?

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Of the 40 promised new hospitals referred to by my right hon. Friend the Member for Kingston and Surbiton (Ed Davey), 11 are in the south-west of England. Three of them—in Barnstaple, Dorchester and Taunton—surround my constituency, but none has planning permission. It has been reported that staff at Eastbourne District General Hospital were told that their town would not get a new hospital, and that it was a “barefaced lie”. Given that the Prime Minister claims his mandate rests on a manifesto that promised 40 new hospitals, when will we see them?

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I am grateful for the £3 million that the Government have sent to Wolverhampton to trial the new Better Health app, which will support Wulfrunians to make better choices about their diet and fitness. Will the Prime Minister welcome this, and also celebrate our grassroots sports clubs in Wolverhampton, especially Wednesfield Aces cycle speedway club, which celebrated its diamond jubilee last year?

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Not only have the Government broken their promises on new hospitals; they have also broken their pledge to have 6,000 more doctors, with the number of qualified GPs having actually fallen. GPs in Shropshire are seeing 400 more patients each than they were in 2016, which is one of the biggest rises in the country. Places across the country—East Sussex, Devon, Cambridgeshire and Hampshire—have also seen their number of qualified GPs fall. When will the Prime Minister end his and the Government's neglect of local health services, and recruit and retain the GPs we need?

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I commend my right hon. Friend for grasping the nettle and seeking to negotiate an agreement on the Northern Ireland protocol. Does he share my frustration with the expressed views of people who are commenting on a deal that has yet to be reached, and does he agree that the best way to reduce or even end the jurisdiction of the Court of Justice of the European Union is through treaty change itself, not through domestic legislation in this Parliament?

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If he can find £2.3 billion to pay a fine, why can he not pay NHS workers and others the pay increases they deserve?

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I wholeheartedly support my Prime Minister's priority of stopping the boats, so can he please bring in the small boats Bill next week?

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What support will the Prime Minister offer to our community, and to our local schools, so that they can support Brianna's classmates and her family as we try to heal from this appalling tragedy?

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I need him to help me lobby the Department for Transport and the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to see that we get the repairs done. Natural England is standing in the way and stopping us from doing what we need to do for this vital link. Will he support me?