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On Prevent, Theresa May says the government changes were made for "very good reasons". She suggests Ms Cooper has not learned the mistakes of her government on the issue. Mrs May explains the difference with control orders and says Ms Cooper "should study the history" of the UK's constitution. Control orders were not sustainable, Mrs May adds.

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Some 600 Brits are believed to have travelled to Syria to join ISIL (also known as IS), Yvette Cooper says in reply. She calls for answers on certain government polices:

• Control orders were abolished and in some cases people subject to them reportedly left for Syria. Did removing control orders make it easier for terrorist groups to recruit? Will she now look at whether it made it harder for security services?

• In light of three east London school girls travelling to Syria, was there an agreement with airlines on minors travelling to known Syria routes?

• What help was given to parents of children from the London school the girls attended? And what is being done to help their community?

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Despite "robust" government action, everyone needs to play a part in protecting the UK, Theresa May says, highlighting the roles of social media companies, schools and families.

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Over 2,000 people have been referred to a scheme to identify those vulnerable to terrorism, Theresa May says. Local Prevent projects have reached 55,000, she says. Additionally, the government has promised exit checks from later this year.

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Theresa May says the government has taken steps to make sure the UK is protected from terrorist attacks. She lists a number of measures introduced recently to try and combat terrorism in the UK and abroad.

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Yvette Cooper, the shadow home secretary, has asked the government for a statement on counter-terrorism. Theresa May says the threat is "grave and growing". She says she can't comment on specific cases, but reaffirms a terrorist attack is highly likely.

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Yvette Cooper is expected on her feet soon for an urgent question on the government's counter-terrorism measures and implications for people travelling to conflict zones such as Syria. We'll bring you the latest.

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We mentioned earlier that there had been a discussion on Daily Politics about whether or not Parliament should be moved out of London. Alex Hilton, from Generation Rent, argued our legislature should up sticks to Hull. The package is now on our website. You can find it here.

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The Chartered Institute of Housing has been responding to today's debate. Gavin Smart, interim chief executive, welcomed the focus on supply and affordability that the starter homes scheme represents.

"But we are very concerned about these sites being exempt from section 106 agreements, which usually require social or affordable homes to be built as part of a development, for people on lower incomes," he said.

"This smacks of building for one group of people at the expense of another. Social housing is critical if we are going to solve the housing crisis - there are always going to be people who can't afford to buy and we must provide decent, affordable homes for them too. If all the focus is on home ownership, we are never going to build mixed communities."

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Shadow education secretary Tristram Hunt claims "the attainment gap" between poorer and better-off pupils has widened under the present government.

Education Secretary Nicky Morgan accuses Mr Hunt of talking "drivel" and insists the gap is closing.

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In the Commons, MPs are currently questioning education ministers. You can keep up with the session here.

A brief taste of what's still to come:

• An urgent question from Labour's Yvette Cooper on the government's counter-terrorism measures and implications for people travelling to conflict zones such as Syria

• Former prime minister and ex-Labour leader Gordon Brown will be giving a lecture in Glasgow on North Sea oil

• At 1900 GMT, Deputy Prime Minister and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg will be hosting an hour-long programme on mental health on LBC radio

• Defence debate in the Commons

David Cameron announced today that 200,000 homes will be made available to first-time buyers in England by 2020 if the Tories win the election. Here is a selection of emails from Politics Live readers on the subject.

If Thatcher hadn't been so obsessed in selling off the public housing stock we would not be in this mess.

If the private sector rented housing stock was in better condition young people wouldn't be in such a rush to buy.

Let's get some decent affordable rental properties for people to live in and if they still want to buy they have chance to save the deposit.

Christine Armitage

It is commonly accepted that the major building firms are not interested in small-scale building/renovation work. Cannot understand why Local Authorities are not far more pro-active in granting planning permission for small-scale builds/renovations on brown field sites in the inner city areas.

One incentive might be to abolish any rate relief on empty dwellings to encourage owners to either let or re-develop them. Small builds employ proportionately more people than the large-scale, highly mechanised ones.

S.M.Tiktin, Leighton Buzzard.

Why aren't any of the parties talking about improving private renting? That could have an immediate effect for millions of tenants, across the country.

Building new houses doesn't always help: Cambridge has very high house prices and lots of the new building going on but a new build 1 bedroom flat will cost you at least £200,000.

Rosie Shaw, Cambridge

Firstly stop any more immigrants coming into the country. That will relieve the pressure on housing and the Health service in one go!

Douglas Annette, Farnborough

Do you agree? Email us politics@bbc.co.ukor tweet @bbcpolitics

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We haven't been building enough houses since the 1960s. If you listen to charities like Shelter, they say we should be building a quarter of a million homes every year just to keep up with the pace of demand - due to a growing population and an ageing population. House prices are also going up like rocket fuel compared with wages and houses are getting more and more out of reach for many families.

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This was Ed Miliband in action earlier in Brighton. He also discussed public ownership of the railways, arguing that the coalition "has been doing rail renationalisation by the back door". "So if you are a European public company you can actually bid for the British franchise, but if you are British public company you can't bid for the franchise. This is just absolute nonsense," he said.

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Also at the "People's Question Time" event in Brighton earlier, Ed Miliband rejected a suggestion that Labour was not doing enough for "aspirational" middle-class voters. The Labour leader said his party's plans to cut tuition fees in England would help young people from all backgrounds.

"That is absolutely about aspiration... there's nothing more anti-aspirational than kids leaving university with £44,000 of debt," he said. "Investment in our young people is about all of us."