Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer challenged Boris Johnson over images of "disgraceful" food parcels
Mr Johnson said parcels pictured online were "appalling" and an "insult to the families that have received them".
Boris Johnson thanked footballer Marcus Rashford for highlighting the issue of "unacceptable" food parcels
The prime minister has said lockdown measures are "starting to show signs of some effect"
The PM refused to rule out extra restrictions in England
Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said if people follow the rules "we can make this the peak"
Just under 2.5 million people have received a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine
Mr Johnson will appear in front of a committee of senior MPs at 15:30 GMT to answer questions on the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit
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Image source, ReutersIt is a busy parliamentary day for Boris Johnson.
This afternoon he faces more questions from MP - this time from the Liaison Committee, which is made up of the chairs of the other committees.
Members include Conservative Jeremy Hunt and Labour's Yvette Cooper.
The session starts at 15:30 GMT and we'll be over on the BBC Coronavirus live page here to bring it all to you in full.
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Leila Nathoo
BBC political correspondent
Sir Keir Starmer tried to pin the blame for meagre food parcels sent to some school children studying at home, on the government rather than individual suppliers.
He claimed there wasn’t actually much difference between the packages that the PM described as ‘disgraceful’ and ‘an insult to families’ and an example of a package set out in official guidance.
Downing St sources say he was ‘selectively quoting’ from that guidance and that the images highlighted on social media don’t come close to what’s recommended.
But it's clear the issue of free school meals is a sensitive one for the government, and one that provides a bruise for Labour to press.
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Reality Check
At Prime Minister’s Questions, Boris Johnson said that “the lockdown measures we had in place, combined with tier four measures, are starting to show some signs of effect.”
Looking at cases of Covid-19 in England, the average for the week ending 1 January was almost 55,000 cases.
The week ending 6 January shows a slight dip, to 52,400.
These people will have been infected before England’s lockdown came in on January 6, although much of the country was under very strict measures before then.
So, using publicly available data, it might be too early to make this assessment.
And in the past month, we’ve seen that a couple of days of decline can quickly be followed by a sustained increase in cases.
But what is clear is that hospital admissions from coronavirus appear to be increasing (they usually peak up to a couple of weeks after high numbers of cases).
The latest seven day average (ending on January 7) saw 3,705 people admitted to hospital daily in England – that’s the highest throughout the entire pandemic.
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Here's a recap on the main talking points from PMQs:
Image source, HoCSpeaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has brought PMQs to a close.
Standby for a quick recap....
Image source, HoCLabour's Andrew Slaughter says he has received an email from a teacher who says that "lack of government guidance means her staff will soon be over 100 children - ten times as many as in the first lockdown".
He says "lockdown in name only may suit the PM" and accuses Mr Johnson of "bending the rules himself".
Boris Johnson thanks all schools throughout the country and says that everyone "wants to see the children of key workers and vulnerable children getting the education they need".
Image source, HoCConservative Andrea Leadsom says the lockdown has been "awful" for new parents and seeks reassurance from the PM that the recommendations of her review into early years will form "a core part" of his ambition to "build back better".
Boris Johnson praises her passion for the issue and says he looks forward to working with her "to achieve the change we want".
Image source, HoCBen Everitt MP
In response to a question from Tory Ben Everitt about knife crime in his community, the PM says the government is acting across the board, through introducing knife crime protection orders, getting 6,000 more police officers on the beat and deterring criminals through "continuous and serious law enforcement".
He adds that those caught with a knife in their possession should get the sentences they deserve.
Image source, HoCSNP MP Gavin Newlands says British Gas and British Airways' practices of firing and rehiring staff to force new terms and conditions is "shameful".
He says he has a bill with cross-party support which would outlaw the practice, he asks for a meeting with the PM to discuss it.
Mr Johnson says "there are laws in place to ensure that contractual conditions" cannot discriminate, but the government is meeting with the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (ACAS) to see what else can be done.
Image source, HoCLabour's Karl Turner says the government should make use of pharmacies who "stand willing and able to deliver desperately-needed vaccines".
He accuses the government of "shunning" the "fully-trained technicians" who work in pharmacies.
Boris Johnson says pharmacies do an amazing job but adds that "we want to ensure we get doses to the places where they are going to get distributed most effectively.
"We need to avoid any wastage at all - that is why we are concentrating on the hospitals and mass vaccination sites."
Image source, HoCLabour's Kevin Brennan asks about visas for British musicians to perform in the EU and vice versa, saying it is disappointing that a reciprocal deal has yet to be agreed.
He says the issue is fixable but needs leadership from the top.
He urges a cross-party approach to sort this out as soon as possible, given the damage he says it will do to the UK's reputation as one of the leading cultural centres in Europe.
The PM agrees, saying he expects the EU will want to do more to facilitate easy travel for musicians and other professionals across a range of sectors, saying there is a "mutual benefit".
Image source, HoCThe Lib Dem's deputy leader Daisy Cooper says the vaccination drive in her local area is being hampered because the supply is inconsistent and often arrives at short notice.
She asks the PM to "personally intervene" to ensure all centres have "a greater and more consistent" supply.
Boris Johnson says the constraint is not the distribution network but the supply.
He says the UK has a bigger supply than most other European countries.
Image source, HoCDUP MP Sir Jeffrey Donaldson says his constituency has "empty supermarket shelves" and people cannot get materials or ship things over from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
He asks if the Northern Ireland Protocol can be invoked to help provide direct government intervention to help resolve Northern Ireland shipping problems.
Mr Johnson says "there are teething problems" but there are no issues holding up goods. He says if the situation worsens then there will be no hesitation in invoking the Protocol to help Northern Ireland.
The Northern Ireland Protocol was a key part of the withdrawal agreement the UK and EU agreed in 2019 as part of the UK's divorce from the bloc. You can read a bit more background on the NI Protocol here.
Image source, HoCWe're now on to questions from backbenchers.
Tory Julian Sturdy says progress on the vaccination rollout is very encouraging and seeks assurances that it is the PM's "over-riding priority" to lift the current nationwide restrictions at the earliest opportunity when current targets are met and "immunity widens".
The PM promises a "phased relaxation of controls" when all the top four categories of most vulnerable groups - that's about 15 million people - have been innoculated.
But he says this must be consistent with protecting the NHS and ensuring it is not overwhelmed.
Leila Nathoo
BBC political correspondent
Pressed earlier by the Labour leader on why current restrictions in England are looser now than they were in March, Boris Johnson said the measures were starting to show signs of some effect and pointed to the damaging effects of lockdown.
The PM seems determined to stick to the current framework for now – while still stressing that people must follow the rules.
Image source, HoCMr Blackford says the PM's reply was "an insult" to fishermen.
He says Scottish seafood exporters are losing "upwards of £1m in sales a day".
He asks the PM if the government will provide compensation to the fishing industry.
Boris Johnson says the SNP's policy of an independent Scotland would be "destructive to the Scottish economy".
He says the party should be focused on fighting the pandemic.
Image source, HoCThe SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford says his constituent is experiencing his "worst nightmare".
He says his constituent lost £40,000 of produce after a lorry-load of seafood was held up by "Brexit red tape".
"Where is the sea of opportunity that he and his Scottish Tories promised," Mr Blackford asks.
Boris Johnson replies that his government is investing £100m into the fishing industry.
He says the SNP wants to break up the UK under "a hare brain scheme" and accuses the party of wanting to "hand back control of fisheries to Brussels".