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Conservative MP David Tredinnick says the the co-operation between the US and Russia on Syria sets "an important precedent" and suggests in light of that, that the UK should "redevelop its links with Russia".

Theresa May says the peace agreement is "important" and that she wants to see it work on the ground. But she maintains the government's stance that there should not be "business as usual" with Russia.

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DUP MP Nigel Dodds urges the PM to look at calls for new questions to be added to the next census to "better meet the needs of serving personnel" in the Armed Forces - and for "equitable funding" for all regions of the UK.

Theresa May says she hasn't seen the specific request, but pledges it will "certainly" be looked at.

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Labour's Lisa Nandy says the child sex abuse inquiry is on to its fourth chair, and notes the last chair, Justice Lowell Goddard's criticism of the inquiry process. She urges the PM to insist Justice Goddard comes to Parliament "to explain herself".

Theresa May says it's not for the PM to do that, but adds that she understands Justice Goddard has been invited to appear before a Commons committee.

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Labour's David Winnick questions how the government can "justify" cutting the number of MPs from 650 to 600, while the Lords continues to expand?

Theresa May notes that the Commons voted through the plans to reduce the size of the chamber. She also says the government's initiative to allow peers to retire has helped to reduce numbers.

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Conservative MP John Baron asks for assurances that whatever the post-Brexit immigration policy, it will "no longer discriminate against" non-EU people.

Theresa May tells him the details of the new system for EU migration are currently being worked on but she assures him that it will deliver "a greater degree of fairness".

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Angus Robertson, SNP Westminster leader, focuses on Brexit in his questioning of the PM, asking whether she's in favour of protecting visa-free travel to the EU?

Theresa May says the Brexit result was "clear" and adds that the government will deliver on it.

Mr Robertson, responding, says the government is "unwilling to tell us the true cost of Brexit", and its negotiating aims.

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In what will be the last words of the leaders' exchanges, Theresa May notes that the outcome of the Labour leadership contest will be known soon (24 September) - and so this could be Mr Corbyn's PMQs.

After taking a swipe at the Labour leader, she says that whoever wins the contest, "it will be the country that loses".

Economists say the slight fall in UK unemployment to 1.63 million shows there is yet to be a "Brexit effect" on the jobs market.

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Jeremy Corbyn quotes chief inspector of schools Sir Michael Wilshaw's criticism of grammar schools, before claiming that the government's plans address "none of the crises" facing the schools system in England, listing cuts to budgets, oversized classes and a teacher recruitment and retention crisis as examples.

"The government is heading backwards to a failed segregation for the few and a second class schooling for the many," he adds.

But the PM says Mr Corbyn has "got some of his facts wrong", arguing that there are more teachers in schools today than in 2010, when the Tories came to power. 

She again says that Mr Corbyn has opposed all the government's education reforms.

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The Labour leader asks the PM to confirm whether existing grammar schools will be instructed to widen their admissions policy? Theresa May says the government wants to make sure that all grammars provide opportunities to a "wide range" of pupils.

"I believe in the education that is right for every child. It is Labour that has stifled opportunity and ambition in this country," she adds.

And she accuses Labour MPs of taking advantage of a good education themselves but "pulling up the ladder" for everyone else.

Mr Corbyn says Mrs May was unable to answer his question. He says investment is needed in all schools "not this selection at the age of 11".

Reality Check

Theresa May has just repeated her claim that the attainment gap between rich and poor IN selective schools is virtually zero.

Reality Check looked at this claim last week. 

In 2015, there was a smaller gap in selective schools at GCSE between children eligible for free school meals and those not eligible for free school meals than there was in England as a whole. But there was still a gap. Whether that gap counts as "almost zero" is a matter of opinion.

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"I know (Jeremy Corbyn) believes in equality of outcome. I believe in equality of opportunity. He believes in levelling down, we believe in levelling up."

But Jeremy Corbyn says that equality of opportunity "is not segregating children at the age of 11", as he goes on to raise concerns over the government's plans.

Mrs May says there is currently selection in the schools system - "by house price". She also seeks to "gently" remind Mr Corbyn that he went to a grammar school, as she did. 

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Theresa May says the government's education reforms over the past six years have improved school standards - but she says Jeremy Corbyn has opposed them all. The PM says she wants to see "a diversity of education provision" to see "opportunity for all".

The Labour leader, in reply, asks why she wants to expand a system "that can only let children down?

Mrs May tells Mr Corbyn "he needs to stop casting his mind back to the 1950s".

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is on his feet, and pays tribute to the police constable stabbed on duty yesterday. He also extends his best wishes to David Cameron and hopes the Witney by-election will concentrate "on the issues of education and his views on selection" - an apparent dig at Theresa May's plans for grammar schools.

Continuing the education theme, he congratulates her on uniting people against her plans and asks Mrs May to name any educational experts who back her plans to expand new grammar schools.