PMQs

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I have worked with women brought here illegally as sex slaves and raped daily. Last week, the Prime Minister tweeted they'd deny these victims access to modern slavery support, a message traffickers can use against them. Despite increases in British adults and children trafficked for sex and crime, how will you prevent the next woman I meet from being repeatedly raped if she is denied such support?

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On Monday, the Home Secretary said that recent decades have seen too much immigration to this country and Opposition members strongly disagreed. They want higher immigration, not lower. Does my right hon. Friend agree we need to invest in our own young people's skills instead of importing cheap foreign labour?

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Last summer, the PM said he wanted to protect free speech and stop no-platforming, but last week, Tory MPs campaigned against a broadcaster. How concerned is the Prime Minister about this campaign by his own MPs?

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Conservative Members calling for more from a PM who does not understand that we can disagree with what someone says while still defending their right to say it led to a farcical weekend with national broadcaster accused of dancing to Government's tune by its own employees. Why doesn't the Prime Minister take responsibility and stand up to his snowflake MPs waging war on free speech?

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Conservative Members are calling for more from a PM who does not understand that we can disagree with what someone says while still defending their right to say it led to a farcical weekend with national broadcaster accused of dancing to Government's tune by its own employees. Does the Prime Minister accept concerns about BBC's impartiality due to putting a Tory donor in charge?

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When people with links to the Tory party find themselves in senior BBC positions, it is important that their impartiality is seen to be beyond reproach. Has the PM received assurances that no one with links to the Tories lobbied or was involved in the decision affecting “Match of the Day”?

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When people with links to Tory party find themselves in senior BBC positions, it is important that their impartiality is seen to be beyond reproach. Has the PM received assurances that no one with links to Tories lobbied or was involved in decision affecting “Match of the Day”?

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An impartial public broadcaster, free of Government interference, is a crucial pillar in our country, but is that not put at risk by the cancel culture addicts on his Benches, a BBC leadership that caves into their demands and a Prime Minister too weak to do anything about them?

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Will my right hon. Friend join me in welcoming that investment? When his diary allows, will he visit Guildford to celebrate successful local innovation and job creation?

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Was it while he was taking a leisurely dip that he decided to leave households drowning in their energy bills?

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Is it not the case that the Tories are not freezing energy bills; they are looking to freeze households?

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Will the Prime Minister join me in congratulating the winners of my competition for Newcastle's best loved independent shops?

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Will the Prime Minister and Chancellor work with the Northern Ireland parties on a financial package to transform Northern Ireland?

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In 2016, the current Mayor of London promised zero strikes on the London underground. Today is the 135th day of strikes since then. Will my right hon. Friend join me in condemning those strikes, which have brought misery to the travelling public in London, and condemn the Mayor of London for his failure to address this issue?

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An investigation reported in and by the BBC revealed that on more than 450 instances in the last year sewage was leaking into cancer wards, maternity units and A&E departments. Without urgent action, the legacy of this Conservative Government on the NHS will be an image of a nurse cleaning up sewage around a patient in a crumbling hospital. Will the Prime Minister commit to that pledge of building 40 hospitals by 2030, including in West Hertfordshire, and will he establish a fund to repair those hospitals that are in a dire state of disrepair?

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Does the Prime Minister agree that agritech—in particular, the excellent work of the Crop and Environment Research Centre at Harper Adams University in Shropshire—is a vital part of the UK economy? I know that he has a busy schedule, but will he dispatch the Secretary of State to come and look at that research centre, and in particular to see the women at Harper Adams leading science and maths—and, indeed, leading the world?

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The Government promised the 40 new hospitals three years ago and the Prime Minister has just expressed again his intention to proceed. Two years ago in St Mary's Hospital in Paddington, which serves my constituency, a ward ceiling fell in during floods, the eye hospital was closed by a fire, and the birth centre and maternity wards were threatened by structural problems. This week, trust managers said that “the infrastructure is having an increasing impact on staff and patients…we just can't afford to continue to waste money on failing buildings.” However, the hospital is waiting for the commitment from the Government for the funding under the new hospitals programme. Will today be the day that the Prime Minister commits to that specifically?

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Government at all levels, national and local, should always strive to deliver value for money for the taxpayer, particularly in a cost of living crisis. Therefore, does the Prime Minister share my astonishment that my local Labour-led Westminster Council voted last week to raise council tax by 2% and council housing tenants' rent by 7%, and increase allowances for its senior councillors by up to a staggering 45%?

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Every child in the UK is entitled to free NHS dental treatment, but with 80% of practices not accepting children as new patients, is the Prime Minister proud of his record on our children's dental health?

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Five years ago, £40 million of public funds were set aside for brain tumour research, but recent Government figures suggest that as little as a quarter of that money has been deployed to researchers. The mechanism to distribute research funding effectively is broken. As a result, the brain tumour community has not seen the breakthroughs in treatment and survival rates that many of us believe they should have. Does my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister agree that a unique and complex disease needs a unique response, and, in Brain Tumour Awareness Month, will he make brain cancer a critical research priority across all cancers?

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With encouragement from the British Government, female Afghan prosecutors and judges stood for rule of law and inclusivity. Those left behind are at risk. Last year, I met senior Foreign Office officials open to relocating these women but nothing has happened since. This requires prime ministerial intervention. Will he meet me directly to address this situation?

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Lara, a young constituent battling cancer, cannot sit GCSE exams but has worked hard towards them. In exceptional cases like this, why can't centre-assessed grades be applied again? Will my right hon. Friend look compassionately at Lara's case?

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Welcoming the Prime Minister's numeracy drive, but pointing out that 7.1 million adults in England are functionally illiterate. Will he thank and support Read Easy for their work? Will he commit to a national strategy to eradicate adult literacy issues costing £25 billion yearly?

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Over a quarter of UK economic sectors are regulated by bodies like Ofwat and Ofgem. Historically, there has been little oversight to ensure these regulators meet best practices. Can the Prime Minister address this issue?

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In Japan, a bullet train ran between Tokyo and Osaka in 1964. Is it not indicative of incompetence that HS2 connecting Birmingham, Manchester, and London has been delayed beyond Conservative promises?

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Motorists and small businesses are set to be affected by the Mayor of London's ULEZ charge. Is it not time to revise the Local Government Act for such charges require borough consent?