Summary

  • Boris Johnson defended the government's response to local lockdowns and virus infections on university campuses

  • Sir Keir Starmer pressed the PM to publish the science behind the decision to enforce a 10pm curfew on pubs and restaurants

  • In Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon is expected to announce further restrictions aimed a slowing coronavirus infections

  • UK's Chief Brexit negotiator Lord Frost and cabinet minister Michael Gove will appear in front of a select committee later

  • MPs will hold a retrospective vote later to approve lockdown restrictions which were introduced in some parts of England last week

  • Unite General Secretary Len McCluskey has told the BBC the union will cut its funding to the Labour party by 10%

  • Council leaders have warned the government that plans to relax planning rules could lead to fewer new affordable homes being built

Live Reporting

Kate Whannel and Paul Seddon

  1. Starmer can't have it both ways, says PM

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    Sir Keir says Labour supports measures to protect health, but the government is "messing it up" and his party has a "duty to point it out".

    He says local leaders in areas like Bury and Burnley are "angry and frustrated" that cases have kept going up despite local restrictions being in place.

    The prime minister accuses Sir Keir of "whisking away" support for measures such as the rule of six which he says he backs.

    He says the Labour leader can't "have it both ways", and asks him to clarify whether he supports the rule of six.

  2. Starmer: It is government by hindsight

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    Keir Starmer says if the lost tests were an isolated example "the British people might understand".

    However he accuses the government of making repeated mistakes on care homes, testing, exams and universities.

    He says the government "ignores the warning signs, hurtles towards a car crash, looks in the rear mirror and says 'what's that all about'.

    "It is government by hindsight," he adds and asks the PM why local lockdown measures don't seem to be working.

    Boris Johnson hits back accusing the Labour leader of claiming to support lockdown measures but abstaining on a vote on the rule of six on Tuesday.

  3. Lockdowns based on 'wrong data', says Starmer

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    Sir Keir says the reassurance provided by the prime minister "doesn't wash", and important decisions on local lockdowns has been based on the "wrong data".

    He adds that it will now be harder to get in touch with close contacts of the missing positive cases. He asks why it has taken so long to discover the error.

    In reply, Boris Johnson says the missing cases did not alter the "basic distribution" of the disease around the country.

    He adds that the current policy of mixing national with local restrictions "remains correct".

  4. Starmer opens questioning on misreported Covid cases

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    Labour leader Keir Starmer uses his first question to ask about the 16,000 positive coronavirus cases that "were missed by the government"

    "This very basic mistake has put lives at risk," says Sir Keir.

    "This is a problem we have fixed," replies Boris Johnson.

    He adds that 800 people were brought in to chase up the extra cases.

    He also says the extra cases do not change the government's assessment of the spread of the disease.

  5. PM asked about Brexit

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    The first question comes via video link, from Conservative backbencher Sir David Amess who asks the prime minister whether the last election was about delivering the 2016 Brexit vote.

    Boris Johnson replies that Brexit has been delivered earlier this year and the UK will now "take back control" of its borders, money and laws.

  6. PMQs begins

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    Prime Minister Boris Johnson rises to take his first question.

    Here we go...

  7. PM heads to the Commons for PMQs

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    As the PM leaves No 10 with his ministerial papers aloft, it's our cue to standby for the start of this week's PMQs....

  8. Which MPs are asking the questions today?

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    Here are the MPs who have been picked to put their questions to Boris Johnson:

    • Conservative Sir David Amess (Southend West)
    • Labour's Keir Starmer (Holborn and St Pancras)
    • Conservative John Stevenson (Carlisle)
    • The SNP's Ian Blackford (Ross, Skye and Lochaber)
    • Conservative Simon Baynes (Clwyd South)
    • The DUP's Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson (Lagan Valley)
    • Conservative Christian Wakeford (Bury South)
    • Labour's Matt Western (Warwick and Leamington)
    • Conservative Andrew Jones (Harrogate and Knaresborough)
    • Labour's Chris Elmore (Ogmore)
    • Conservative's Dame Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham)
    • Labour's Maria Eagle (Garston and Halewood)
    • Conservative Damian Hinds (East Hampshire)
    • Labour's Liz Twist (Blaydon)
    • Conservative Paul Bristow (Peterborough)
    • Labour's Stephen Timms (East Ham)
    • Conservative David Johnston (Wantage)
    • Labour's Taiwo Owatemi (Coventry North West)

  9. What could come up today?

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    Once again, there are plenty of Covid-related topics for both Keir Starmer and backbench MPs to quiz the prime minister about today.

    Problems with testing have dominated in recent exchanges, and the Labour leader might be tempted to bring up the recent admission about 16,000 positive tests going unreported.

    But the debate over regional lockdown restrictions is also raging - both on whether greater restrictions are needed, or whether some - such as the 10pm pub curfew - go too far.

    It comes as new restrictions for Scotland are to be announced later by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.

  10. Hands, face, space, mace

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    This morning's procession through Parliament's Central Lobby

    Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has led the traditional morning procession to the House of Commons.

    Only today all the participants were wearing face coverings.

    Sir Lindsay recently introduced new measures throughout Parliament to protect MPs and staff from coronavirus.

    MPs are now "strongly advised" to wear face coverings when moving around the parliamentary estate - but they do not have to wear them in the Chamber or their offices.

    The new measures were introduced after MP Margaret Ferrier received a positive test for coronavirus shortly after speaking in the House of Commons.

  11. Good Morning

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    Last week's PMQs

    Hello and welcome to our weekly live coverage of prime minister's questions.

    Boris Johnson and Keir Starmer will take their places at the despatch boxes at 12:00 BST.

    As ever, we'll bring you all the details with analysis from our political correspondent Leila Nathoo, and the BBC's Reality Check team.

    Do stay with us.