Flynn is back on his feet with a second question and he presses the PM further on wholesale gas prices.

He says there is a windfall which falls to the PM and the Chancellor accusing him of "raiding the pockets of ordinary Scots to line the pockets of Westminster".

The SNP Westminster leader asks Sunak again whether or not it is a good idea to raise bills by £500 in April.

Sunak answers back saying the government is supporting households across the UK with £900 as part of the Energy Bill Guarantee.

He says it is important to protect vulnerable families and pensioners.

The PM believes the best way is to reduce bills is to halve inflation.

The SNP's Westminster leader, Stephen Flynn, says wholesale gas prices have fallen 75% from their peak, so why is the UK government planning to raise people's energy bills by £500?

Sunak says the government is providing tens of billions of pounds of support for households' energy costs, while also investing in producing more North Sea gas.

He adds that if the SNP was a pizza company, it would be "slow, wrong and costly".

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Sunak says he is "talking and listening to the people of Northern Ireland".

He says Keir Starmer stands for "uncontrolled immigration, softer sentences, higher spending".

Starmer's final question continues along the lines of the Northern Ireland Protocol.

He says it's the "same old story", saying the country has to wait while the PM "plucks up the courage" to take on his own party.

Starmer says Labour will "put the country before party" and ensure that the vote gets through if put to a vote, urging Sunak to "just get on with it".

Sunak says that "of course parliament will express its view" - but he says this is not about Starmer's "desire to play political gains".

"This is what is best for the people and communities of Northern Ireland and that is what I will keep fighting for."

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Starmer presses Sunak again on Northern Ireland saying the PM is pulling the wool over Tory MPs' eyes.

He reflects on the Good Friday Agreement being built on trust and "listening to concerns" from both sides of the political divide.

Will the House of Commons get a vote on whatever deal Sunak strikes, he asks?

Sunak says Keir Starmer "wants to put the EU first, I want to put Northern Ireland first".

He says Keir Starmer has spent his time as an MP "voting to frustrate Brexit".

He says Starmer "cannot be trusted to stick up for the people of Britain".

Starmer says Sunak is actually "avoiding questions" from his own MPs, rather than Labour.

He talks about the NI Protocol Bill going through the Commons that would allow the UK to unilaterally override the NI protocol. It was set in motion when Boris Johnson was PM.

Starmer says that if implemented this bill would tie the UK up in battles with the EU, US and others at a time when the UK should be "building common ground to boost our economy and show unity against Putin".

He asks the PM to confirm that if there's a new deal with the EU on the NI Protocol "he will pull the protocol bill".

Sunak says we need to keep going to secure an acceptable agreement.

He says for Starmer to be talking about a deal he hasn't even seen and hasn't been finalised is "his usual position".

"It's give the EU a blank cheque and agree to anything they offer - it's not a strategy, that's surrender."

Back with Starmer, who sticks with the Northern Ireland protocol issues

He accuses the PM of "biting his tongue", adding that at some point his backbenchers "will come after him".

The Labour leader says these "irreconcilables" will come after him and asks if Sunak will be honest with them about the role that the European Court of Justice will have to play in Northern Ireland.

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Sunak says Keir Starmer is "jumping ahead" and the government is "still in intensive discussions with the European Union to ensure that we can find agreement that meets the tests that I set".

He says an agreement must meet the needs of people and businesses.

"I'll keep fighting until we get it," he finishes.

Starmer continues to question the prime minister on the Northern Ireland Protocol.

He says there are trade-offs to be made and "we need to face up to them". He says Sunak's predecessor told businesses there would be no barriers of any kind.

"That was absolute nonsense", he says, asking the prime minister to confirm that the deal he's negotiating will mean Northern Ireland will follow some EU law.

Sunak echoes Starmer's remarks regarding Nicola Bulley and says his thoughts are with her family.

He says the government is still in active discussion with the EU but adds Starmer "should know I'm a Conservative, a Brexiteer and a Unionist and that any agreement needs to tick all three boxes."

"It needs to ensure sovereignty for Northern Ireland, it needs to safeguard Northern Ireland's place in our union and it needs to find practical solutions for problems faced by people and businesses."

Sir Keir Starmer is on his feet and says he backs the PM's comments about Ukraine and reflects on his recent visit to Kyiv.

"We must continue to stand united in support of Ukraine," he says.

He goes on to say his thoughts are with the family of Nicola Bulley, the mother-of-two whose body was found on Sunday in Lancashire.

The Labour leader then asks Sunak about the Northern Ireland Protocol and whether it has been poorly implemented.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak begins this week's PMQs by paying tribute to the people of Ukraine one year after Russia launched its invasion. He says the UK will hold a national moment of reflection for Ukraine on Friday to demonstrate its solidarity.

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As it currently stands, there is big disagreement in Northern Irish politics over how best to proceed on ironing out issues with the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was negotiated by Boris Johnson and came into force in 2021.

DUP MPs are insisting that the EU must give ground, and accept that goods traded within Northern Ireland are subject to UK laws and standards for them to agree to it.

The current regime means that goods from Great Britain must be checked as they go into Northern Ireland, to get round the need for checks on the Irish Border. These rules remain highly unpopular with unionists in Northern Ireland.

In protest, the DUP have boycotted power-sharing in Northern Ireland, effectively meaning that the nation hasn't had a functioning government since February 2022.

A majority of members in Stormont are in favour of the protocol remaining in place in some form.

However, Sinn Féin, the Alliance Party and the SDLP (Social Democratic and Labour Party) have said improvements to the protocol are needed.

Strikes are likely to come up at PMQs, so where are things at?

The Royal College of Nursing has cancelled a 48 hour strike planned for next week - but other health unions said they were disappointed not to have been invited to the discussions, due to take place later.

Talks are back on the table after the government set out its plan for next year's pay award.

It has suggested an increase of 3.5% for all NHS staff in its submission to the independent NHS Pay Review Body.

Discussions are likely to focus on next year's pay rise, which is due in April, and one option is to backdate it by several months, effectively giving nurses an extra pay boost for part of this year.

Meanwhile rail and education unions are planning to push ahead with strikes in the coming weeks.

• You can read more about the upcoming talks with the RCN here

We've been hearing conflicting reports about this for a week or so now.

Late last week, there were whispers in Westminster that an announcement could be made on a new trading arrangement for the Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Tuesday, but yesterday came and went with no such statement.

It's unlikely any deal would be made public on Friday, the first year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said a deal is possible in the "next few days".