The government has insisted that expert advice on Covid testing was followed at the start of the Covid pandemic
Health Minister Helen Whately has been pressed by Labour over claims that former Health Secretary Matt Hancock rejected advice on care home testing - which he denies
Earlier, at Prime Minister's Questions, Rishi Sunak said it would be better to let a Covid inquiry do its work rather than comment on "piecemeal bits of information"
He also debated with Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer issues including the cost of living, government spending and housing
Starmer said the UK was the only country in the G7 that is still poorer than it was before the pandemic, and Sunak is in "total denial"
But Sunak said the Labour leader should stop making "inflationary, unfunded spending commitments"
Sunak says the last couple of years have been incredibly difficult and pays tribute to health workers.
He argues it would be better to let the Covid inquiry do its work rather than comment on "piecemeal bits of information".
He says the inquiry has the resources and powers it needs to do its job.
Starmer accuses Sunak of choosing tax avoiders over hard-working parents.
He then turns to the Daily Telegraph's revelations of selected WhatsApp messages about the Covid testing of care home residents by the then Health Secretary Matt Hancock.
Starmer acknowledges there are "too many unknowns", but says the sight of politicians writing books about Covid or leaking messages will be “insulting” and a “ghoulish spectacle” for many people who made "enormous sacrifices" or lost relatives during the pandemic,.
Will the Covid public inquiry get the resources it needs to report by the end of this year? he asks.
PMQs: Sunak quizzed on claims of leaked Hancock messages
Sunak responds that "the wealthiest pay more tax and the poorest pay less tax" than in any year under the last Labour government.
He accuses the Labour party of "always running out of other people's money," alluding to Starmer's five priorities for the country.
Image source, House of CommonsStarmer persists with the theme of housebuilding, telling Sunak it's at its lowest level in 75 years - describing the situation as leading to an "entire generation waiting to get on the housing ladder".
He adds that after the Tory party's 13 years in power, all Sunak can do is deflect and blame others.
Starmer adds it's not just bills or housing, but also the massive cost of childcare and nursey creating issues for families.
He says if Sunak would be willing to drop non-dom tax status for wealthy people who say they live abroad, parents could go back into work.
"So what's he going to choose, wealthy taxypayers or hard working parents?", Starmer concludes.
Sunak says there are record high levels of housebuilding and the highest number of first time buyers in 20 years.
He goes on to accuse Labour of opposing new gas and oil licenses in the UK, an approach he says would be absurd and bad for the economy.
Speaker Lindsay Hoyle suggests the PM hadn't fully heard the question which was on housebuilding.
Starmer turns to housebuilding, saying it has fallen to its lowest level in 75 years.
When, he asks, will the PM stand up to his backbenchers and restore targets for building new homes?
Sunak replies that as Chancellor, he already introduced a new tax on energy companies - a 75% tax rates on extraordinary profits. "We did it a year ago," he says to cheers from the Tory benches.
"They claim to support levelling up but they really do need to keep up," he says.
Image source, House of CommonsStarmer's third question to the prime minister sticks to the theme of energy bills, telling MPs it's "not as complicated as he pretends".
He says oil and gas giants are making unexpected profits while working people face misery.
Energy company Shell "didn't pay a penny in windfall tax last year and they're still not paying their fair share now", Starmer adds.
"Why doesn't he admit his mistake, get rid of the loopholes in his botched windfall tax and finally choose family finances over oil profits?", the Labour leader asks.
Sunak defends his government's record saying 4,000 global CEOs rank the UK as the number one European investment destination.
He says Starmer should "stand up to the vested interests" of the trade unions and back the government's plans for minimum service levels.
Starmer says the UK is the only country in the G7 that is still poorer than it was before the pandemic, and Sunak is in "total denial" about its "absolute economic damage and decline".
The Labour leader says households are facing a £900 increase in their energy bills in April - when will the PM make the oil and gas companies pay for more support?
Sunak says that the energy prices issue is due to the war in Ukraine and mentions the government's energy price guarantee, saying it's "one of the most generous energy support schemes globally".
He tells Starmer that he should stop making "inflationary unfunded spending commitments".
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer is on his feet now, with his first question to the prime minister about "predictions that the average UK family will be poorer than the average Polish family by 2030".
He tells Rishi Sunak this is a "shocking situation" caused by 13 years of "Tory failure".
He asks the prime minister if the Tory party "limps on" in government will people be learning to ask "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet in Polish?"
WATCH: 'Auf Wiedersehen Pet' - Starmer challenges Sunak on UK cost of living
Sunak starts by wishing everyone a very happy St Davids Day.
He's then asked about his plans to invest in the NHS workforce by Labour MP Justin Madders.
The PM replies that the Conservative Party has delivered "record investment for the NHS".
Sunak faces a couple of NHS-related questions before Starmer pops up.
The prime minister is on his feet.
Stay with us for updates and remember, you can watch live at the top of this page.
Damian Grammaticas
Political correspondent
Rishi Sunak will almost certainly be feeling pretty good. His deal with Brussels has not be met with any real dissent from Conservatives yet, even while the DUP mull their response.
That’s about as good as he could have hoped for. With that feather in his cap it seems Labour are unlikely to use Northern Ireland for their line of attack today.
There’s today’s story about Matt Hancock and decisions he made during the pandemic. But that too is tricky ground for Labour as it was before Sunak was PM.
The cost of living crisis is being talked about by MPs in the run up to PMQs so that may be more fertile ground for Labour. We’ll see.
Prime Minister's Questions is about to begin in the House of Commons.
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Following the insights of our political editor Chris Mason - here are some fresh views on the prime minister's Brexit deal from Northern Ireland.
A Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP has criticised one aspect of Rishi Sunak's agreement with the EU - the so-called Stormont Brake.
The plan aims to give a future Northern Ireland Assembly a greater say on how EU laws apply to Northern Ireland - a key demand of the DUP before it will end its boycott of power-sharing in Stormont.
"The Stormont Brake is not really a brake at all," DUP MP Sammy Wilson tells Times Radio. "It's a delaying mechanism."
But Wilson promises his party will not "have a kneejerk reaction", as it continues to consider the agreement.
Chris Mason
Political editor
Plenty of people involved in delivering the so-called Windsor Framework are wiped out - but how are their efforts being received?
Rishi Sunak is confident the substance is a good deal, grounded in a strong personal relationship with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen based on mutual trust.
There hasn't been an almighty row within his own party, a re-ignition of the volcanic ructions you might have noticed in the last year or two.
More than that, there have been some Conservative MPs - expected to be critics - finding themselves sounding positive.
But there is, still, a scepticism.
After the prime minister addressed a meeting of Conservative backbenchers, one veteran MP told us it felt like the immediate hours and days after a Budget, where the government is emphasising the good stuff in it but critics have yet to find the bad.
At a further meeting, the European Research Group of Brexit-backing Tory MPs said they want to give it the once over, which they reckon will take around a fortnight.
The strategy from Downing Street is now to give people the time and space to read and absorb a vast amount of detail and come to their own conclusions.
Former Health Secretary Matt Hancock is disputing claims he rejected expert advice on Covid tests for people going into care homes at the start of the pandemic - a story you can read more about here.
WhatsApp messages leaked to the Daily Telegraph , externalsuggest Hancock was told in April 2020 there should be "testing of all going into care homes". Government guidance later mandated tests only for those leaving hospital.
But a spokesman for Hancock said the messages had been "doctored".
Now Labour is seeking more information. Shadow social care minister Liz Kendall has lodged what is known at Westminster as an "urgent question" - asking current Health Secretary Steve Barclay to make a statement on the testing of care home residents during the pandemic.
This will follow directly after PMQs. Barclay might not answer himself - but a health minister will respond.
Image source, ReutersRishi Sunak has left Downing Street to make the short trip to the House of Commons.
He’ll be at the despatch box in the House of Commons shortly for Prime Minister’s Questions, stick with us for all of his exchanges with Labour leader Keir Starmer.