Abena Oppong-Asare, Labour MP for for Erith and Thamesmead, says two boys were killed in her constituency at the weekend, and calls on MPs to work across party lines to tackle knife crime. She asks what Sunak is doing about the issue.

Sunak responds that the government is "boosting the number of police officers" and giving police extra powers to deal with knife crime on the streets.

On Brexit, Blackford continues by saying that more and more people are turning against it - including more than 70% of voters in Scotland.

He says people are "getting wise" to the fact that 'Make Brexit Work' is "just another stupid slogan", and asks how Scots can find a democratic route to independence and a return to the European Union.

His comments follow last week's Supreme Court decision which ruled that the Scottish government cannot hold a second independence referendum without the UK government's consent.

Sunak says, unlike Blackford, he respects the results of referendums - and claims that the UK had the fastest vaccination programme in the world because of its freedoms outside the EU.

Ian Blackford, the SNP’s leader in Westminster, is now up.

He starts by paying tribute to Scottish rugby great Doddie Weir who passed away at the weekend. He then wishes everyone a happy St Andrew's Day.

He the asks when the Tories and Labour will accept Brexit is "now the elephant in the room" and that a majority of people in the UK now believe it was a mistake to leave the European Union.

Question of authority will keep coming uppublished at 12:19 Greenwich Mean Time 30 November 2022

12:19 GMT 30 November 2022

Nick Eardley
Chief political correspondent

Keir Starmer is trying to portray the prime minister as weak. You can expect to hear a lot more of this from Labour if there are more rebellions on the Tory backbenches.

In particular, the housing debate is tricky for the prime minister and without planning reform it'll be hard to meet the manifesto pledge to building 300,000 new homes a year.

It's interesting that Labour has tackled head-on some on the criticism from the papers about its policy to charge VAT to private schools. Starmer is clearly happy to have the debate.

But I'm not sure he landed too many blows on the prime minister today.

For his part, Sunak tried to turn the weakness argument on its head by saying the Labour leader couldn't control his party when it comes to joining picket lines.

This wasn't a classic. But the question of authority is one you can expect to keep coming up.

Sunak replies by attacking the "same old Labour ideas" of "more debt, higher inflation"- saying Labour is still "the politics of yesterday".

He concludes by saying he takes difficult decisions for the future of the country, while Starmer is focused on the past.

Starmer says it's "always the same" with the Tories. Whether it's private schools, oil giants or tax breaks, he says they are handing out cash to those who don't need it. He also says Sunak is constantly being pushed around as he gets weaker.

The Labour leader offers the PM his party's support if he wants to defeat the Tory backbench rebellion over housing targets.

In response, Sunak says his government is delivering record numbers of new homes.

In another dig at Starmer, he says: “He talks of toughness but he’s too weak to stop dozens of his own MPs from joining the picket lines.”

Starmer says every year the age that people are able to buy their first home goes up.

He says a child born in the UK now wouldn't be able to buy their first home until they're 45.

Starmer says he's heard the PM is planning a "get tough" relaunch. He asks how tough the PM is planning on getting with his backbenchers who "are blocking the new homes this country so badly needs".

Sunak says that the UK now has the highest number of new homes being started in 15 years, and the largest number of first-time buyers in 20 years.

He says in 2010, when the Conservatives took over, the UK had the lowest level of housebuilding in a century.

Starmer turns to home ownership and asks why the dream of many people of achieving it is now far more remote than it was 12 years ago when the Tories came to power.

Sunak responds by saying the government is improving school standards for every pupil in this country - and reforms are helping schools go up the league tables.

This is about supporting aspiration and "that’s what this government is proud to do", he adds.

Starmer is up again, and says any suggestion that a route to better education is tax breaks for private schools in the hope they might hand some of that money down to state schools is "laughable".

"Trickle-down education is nonsense," he says.

Starmer says the PM can carry on being pushed around by lobbyists who want to maintain these benefits for private schools or "we could put that money to good use".

"I've made my choice, what's his?" Starmer asks.

Sunak says under the Conservatives "almost 90% of schools are good or outstanding".

He says that when Starmer attacks him for going to private school, he is "attacking people like my parents" and those who are aspirational.

Starmer calls for end to "handouts" for private schools.

He asks whether £6m is better spent on "rifle ranges at Winchester" or struggling state schools down the road in Southampton.

The Labour leader has pledged to stop private schools from having the benefit of charitable status.

This status allows private schools to have certain advantages, including paying less money on certain taxes.

Private schools have more say over how they run themselves, as unlike state schools, they are not paid for by the government but charge school fees instead.

Sunak answers by saying the government recently announced billions more in funding for schools, helping millions of disadvantaged children to catch up on learning.

He attacks Starmer, saying that during the Covid pandemic the Labour leader wanted to keep schools closed. “We shouldn’t be surprised - we listened to parents and he listens to union paymasters,” he adds.

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer starts off by congratulating England and shares his commiserations with Wales, and he mentions World Aids Day, which takes place tomorrow.

He turns to attacking the charitable status that private schools enjoy and mentions Winchester College, the elite fee-paying school that Rishi Sunak attended.

Starmer asks why the PM "handed them nearly £6m of taxpayers money this year".

Conservative MP Sir Paul Beresford says he has just returned from a visit to the South Pacific, and he says people in that part of the world are worried about the "geopolitical threat" of China.

Sunak says China is a country "with fundamentally different views" to the UK. He says the UK is taking steps to remove Chinese investment in both Welsh computer chip manufacturers, and in British nuclear power.

Earlier this week, as anti-Covid protests took place in many Chinese cities and a BBC journalist covering the unrest was arrested and beaten by Chinese police, Sunak said that the so-called "golden era" of relations between Britain and China was definitely over.

Sunak starts by congratulating England on their 3-0 victory over Wales in Qatar last night.

The result means Wales crashed out of the competition.

Sunak commends Wales "for inspiring millions".

The PM is making his opening remarks at the dispatch box as PMQs gets under way.

We're listening in and we'll bring you the latest lines here.

Rishi Sunak has arrived at the House of Commons ahead of PMQs, which is due to get underway in the next couple of minutes.

Sunak will first face questions from opposition leader Sir Keir Starmer.

Stay with us for the latest updates.