Summary

  • Theresa May faced Jeremy Corbyn at Prime Minister's Questions

  • They clashed over housebuilding figures

  • May made a statement on Brexit and G20 summit

  1. Climate change date question for the PMpublished at 12:47 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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  2. PM: I'm aware of concerns over dangerous drivingpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

    Labour's Jim Dowd, highlighting some recent deaths, says the charge of causing death by dangerous driving is inadequate.

    Theresa May says she is aware of the concern about dangerous driving cases. "This is a matter the Justice Department is looking at," she says.

  3. Trouble brewing on boundary review?published at 12:44 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    The forthcoming boundary review, external was the focus of some lively exchanges at Cabinet Office questions earlier - and now it surfaces again, with Labour's Jeff Smith asking about the exclusion of newly registered voters. 

    Theresa May reminds MPs that all parties supported its work - something you might get used to hearing on a regular basis in the near future. 

  4. PM: UK second best country in the world for tackling climate changepublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Green MP Caroline Lucas asks when the Paris Climate Agreement will be ratified.

    Theresa May says the government will ratify it, but goes on to say that the UK is the second best country in the world for tackling climate change and wonders if Ms Lucas would congratulate them for that.

  5. Vulnerable elderly patients need help in Ketteringpublished at 12:42 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative Philip Hollobone raises the issue of 80 vulnerable elderly patients at Kettering Hospital, where there should be 25. He says these numbers are set to rise.

    Theresa May says she will ensure the Department of Health knows about this. She says the interaction of social care with hospitals is a problem although it is being dealt with very well in some areas and the aim is to spread good practice.

  6. M20 Dover-bound queues raised at PMQspublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative Charlie Elphicke raised the issue of queues on the M20, following the collapse of a bridge over the motorway.

    He says people were left in the sweltering heat for up to 17 hours without a toilet. He calls for the dualing of the A2 road, among other requests.

    Theresa May says she recognises this is an important issue, adding that the government is providing support, and a lorry park on the M20 has been pledged.

    On the dualling of the A2, she says Dover will be considered as part of the road planning strategy 

  7. PM 'very clear' Article 50 is a royal prerogativepublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    There are some groans and objections from the Labour benches as Conservative Bernard Jenkin asks a rather long question, in which he says he feels "more confident than ever" about the UK's future under Theresa May's premiership. 

    The Huffington Post's executive editor, politics, tweets this point of view:

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    Theresa May reiterates her position that Article 50 is a matter of royal prerogative and does not require a parliamentary vote, and accuses those who "are trying to prolong the process" of not wanting Brexit to be a success.   

  8. Boundary Review under spotlightpublished at 12:39 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Labour's Jeff Smith presses the prime minister over the forthcoming Boundary Review. He says that the review is not including the two million people who signed up to vote for the European referendum. Is she happy, he asks, for it to go ahead without the 2m being included in the calculations for drawing up new parliamentary constituencies based on numbers of voters.

    Theresa May says all parties supported the proposal to review boundaries and says she supports the process.

    The draft boundary review recommendations are expected to be published later this month.

  9. Who built more houses?published at 12:34 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Jeremy Corbyn says that the Conservatives are building 45,000 fewer houses a year than were built under the last Labour government.

    In the last year of the last Labour government 2009-10 there were 151,220 homes built according to the Department for Communities and Local Government, external.

    In 2014-15, the most recent year for which UK-wide data is available and the last year of the Coalition, there were 152,520 homes built - so it's about the same.

    But if you take an average of the last five years of the last Labour government and compare it with the five years of the Coalition, you find that homebuilding was down by 53,098, partly due to the impact of the financial crisis.

  10. Two SNP questions on Brexitpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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  11. Accountability urged for NHS in Bedfordshirepublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative Richard Fuller urges accountability for the NHS in Bedfordshire. Theresa May responds that these plans should be locally driven.

  12. Theresa May has a dig at Labour over Natopublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative James Gray says any politician who will not sign up to Nato is risking the defence of the realm.

    Theresa May agrees, saying Nato is the cornerstone of Britain's defence. Anybody who rejects that "will be undermining our security and the security of our allies," she says.

    Labour would cut defence, undermine Nato and scrap Trident, she said.

  13. Theresa May confirms no vote needed on Article 50published at 12:28 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Former Conservative minister Bernard Jenkin, a Leave campaigner, says that under the leadership of Theresa May he feels more confident about the UK than he ever has.

    He asks her to confirm that there is no basis in law for the government to get the approval of Parliament before invoking Article 50, which begins Britain's exit from the EU.

    Mrs May says the MP is correct.

  14. Watch: Jeremy Corbyn on 'housing crisis'published at 12:27 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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  15. PM urged to give assurances over superfast broadbandpublished at 12:26 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative James Heappey asks the prime minister for assurances on superfast broadband for Somerset. Theresa May says she will, adding that high speed broadband will provide jobs and prosperity.

  16. Corbyn mocked over 'traingate'published at 12:25 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    The PM indulged in an extended metaphor about the Labour Party and trains, following on from the row over why Jeremy Corbyn sat on the floor during a recent journey. 

    What was it? "The train's left the station, the seats are all empty, the leader's on the floor - even on rolling stock, he's a laughing stock," she said.

    Virgin challenged Mr Corbyn's version of events last month, releasing CCTV that they said showed Mr Corbyn walking past empty seats.

  17. PM accused of 'waffle' on Brexitpublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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  18. Theresa May defends Brexit negotiationspublished at 12:25 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    The SNP's Westminster leader Angus Robertson raises Brexit and asks the prime minister if she wants the UK to remain fully in the single market.

    Theresa May replies that she is working on the right deal in trade and goods and services and for controls to be introduced on the movement of people

    She says "we could try and row back on it, have a second referendum" or say that they don't really believe in the result.

    But she says the government is "respecting the views of the British people" and seizing the opportunities the vote gives the UK to forge a new role in the world.

  19. Mental health support in schools raised at PMQspublished at 12:24 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

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    Conservative Lucy Frazer asks what support is being given to children suffering from mental health in schools.

    Theresa May agrees it is a very important point and highlights the extra money being put in to various schemes and says that a blueprint for school counselling services is also due to be published

  20. Theresa May says the Conservatives are the only party working for everyonepublished at 12:20 British Summer Time 7 September 2016

    Turning to women's refuges, Jeremy Corbyn says many Women's Aid refuges will close and children will suffer.

    He asks Theresa May if she recognises that there are very vulnerable women in those refuges and closure would be damaging to them.

    The prime minister says the government is listening to these problems, is responding to them and is taking them seriously.

    She contrasts what the Conservatives have done over the summer, which is working tirelessly for the people in the country, compared with a divided Labour Party.

    She says there's only one party that is going to work for everyone, and that's the Conservative Party.