We're now moving on to questions from backbench MPs - we'll bring you some of their questions and the PM's answers.

First up, Bob Blackman MP says that in 2016, the mayor of London promised zero strikes on the London Underground but today is the 135th day of strikes since then.

He asks if Sunak will condemn those strikes and the mayor on his failure to address the issue?

Sunak says he's right about the misery being inflicted on Londoners due to the incompetent running of Transport for London.

The PM says the mayor of London since the pandemic has received £6bn of funding for transport services and the situation we find ourselves in today is "simply unacceptable".

Flynn says energy bills haven't been frozen £2,500 and that the average bill in Scotland is more like £3,000.

He says the chancellor is about to scrap the £400 energy rebate for everyone and accuses the Conservatives of freezing households rather than energy bills.

Sunak replies that his government is helping households across the UK and attacks the SNP's record on transport, the police and the NHS.

SNP leader Stephen Flynn says households in Scotland woke up to freezing temperatures on Monday but also the news that the local electricity grid had been upgraded to meet the power demands of the PM's new swimming pool at his North Yorkshire constituency home.

Was it "whilst taking a leisurely dip that he decided to leave households drowning in energy bills", Flynn asks the PM. He's referring to a Guardian story that also said the PM paid for the electricity upgrade work using personal funds., external

Rishi Sunak responds by stating that his government has provided £1,300 to help families with energy bills over the last year, adding that the government is continuing to help people with the cost of living and he won't pre-empt what the chancellor might announce in the Budget shortly.

'Snowflakes' comment gets a chucklepublished at 12:17 Greenwich Mean Time 15 March 2023

12:17 GMT 15 March 2023

Ione Wells
Political correspondent

Sir Keir Starmer was playing on the language more often used by some Conservative MPs when he accused some of them of being “snowflakes” for trying to “cancel” Gary Lineker.

He accused the Conservatives of hypocrisy for saying they are defenders of free speech, when some of their MPs criticised Gary Lineker over the weekend for criticising the government’s small boats policy.

Sir Keir’s “snowflakes” comment got quite the chuckle from the Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson who is sat up in the gallery of the House of Commons.

Rishi Sunak was adamant he wouldn’t take “lectures” on cancel culture from his counterparts, but today’s exchange was a flavour of how so-called "culture wars", free speech and "cancel culture" could all be key political fodder in the run up to the next election campaign.

Sunak says he will take no lectures on "cancel culture" from Labour. He also accuses Starmer of ignoring the substance of the issue behind Lineker's tweets.

While the government has been delivering for the British people, Sunak says, Labour has voted against "stopping the boats" and instead sided with people smugglers.

Starmer says the whole country saw Sunak hiding behind "playground bullies".

He says the impartiality of the BBC has been put at risk by the "cancel culture addicts" sitting on the Conservative benches and, repeating a familiar attack line at PMQs, he says that the prime minister is "too weak to do anything about it".

Sunak says these are matters for the BBC to resolve and it's right that the institution should take its obligations to impartiality seriously.

"I care about the integrity and impartiality of institutions like the BBC but also the civil service," he says.

Sunak says Starmer should respect the independent review process and allow it to conclude.

Starmer's penultimate question sticks on the theme of the BBC. The Labour leader tells Rishi Sunak that when people with links to the Tory party get senior positions it undermines trust in the public broadcaster.

He asks if the PM has received assurances that no-one with links to the Tory party was involved with the decision to see MOTD effectively cancelled by pulling Gary Lineker off the air?

Sunak says the Labour leader should wait for the independent review into Sharp's appointment to conclude, instead of prejudging it.

Starmer says the problem is the chair of the BBC isn't "any old Tory donor" but someone who has been described as the prime minister's mentor.

Is his friend's position still tenable, asks Starmer?

Sunak says BBC chairman Richard Sharp was appointed before he became prime minster.

He says there was a rigorous process for his appointment, which was supported by expert panel members and the cross-party Department for Culture, Media and Sport select committee of MPs.

Sunak says that process is being independently reviewed and we should allow that process to conclude.

Starmer says the PM doesn't understand you can disagree with what someone says, but defend their right to say it.

The Labour leader asks if the government realises they've made people's concerns questions about BBC impartiality worse, by putting Richard Sharp, a Tory donor, in place as chairman despite his lack of broadcasting experience?

Sunak accuses Starmer of his "usual political opportunism".

He says the Labour leader appears not to have noticed that some of his shadow ministers criticised the language used by Lineker on Twitter.

Starmer says Tory MPs' attempts to "cancel" a football highlights show should have been "laughable".

He says the prime minister should "take some responsibility and stand up to his snowflake MPs".

Sunak responds by saying the issues between Gary Lineker and the BBC were for them to resolve and he he's glad they did.

The prime minister says he's looking forward to watching Match of the Day again on our screens.

Keir Starmer is on his feet now, asking the prime minister about the row between the BBC and Match of the Day presenter Gary Lineker, following his critical comments about the government's illegal migration bill.

In his first question, the Labour leader asks Sunak "how concerned was he about a campaign by Tory MPs to cancel a broadcast?"

The prime minister's up at the despatch box, signalling that this week's Prime Minister's Questions is starting.

Stay with us for the latest updates and political analysis. And a reminder: Jeremy Hunt's Budget will follow directly after PMQs.

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Rishi Sunak has now left No 10 to make his way to the House of Commons for this week's Prime Minister's Questions.

It seems likely that this week's session will focus on the imminent Spring Budget but we'll have to wait and see what Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer has in store for his political opponent.

Stay tuned for live updates.