Tory MP Philip Dunne is now on his feet to ask the prime minister whether next week's budget will include funding to stimulate renewable energy investment.

Sunak responds that he's proud of the government's commitment to scaling up renewable energy supply but adds he can't pre-empt what the chancellor will announce in the budget.

Stephen Flynn continues on the migration theme. He says the government has spoken on "invasions" and suggested first that 100 million - and then "billions" - of people could be "coming to these shores".

He says this is "complete and utter nonsense" and asks whether the government is taking inspiration from Nigel Farage or Enoch Powell.

Sunak responds that Flynn's comments are a "load of nonsense", saying that the 100 million figure comes from the United Nations and is a reflection of the "scale of the migration crisis".

He says it's "right that we take action" otherwise the number of people coming to the UK illegally will continue to grow, overwhelming the system and preventing the government from helping those most in need.

Stephen Flynn, SNP Westminster leader, asks the PM if a women sex trafficked into the UK on a small boat would be afforded protection under his new proposed legislation?

Sunak says Britain "must get a grip of this system" so it is not overwhelmed, and this will help it target resources on the people who need it the most.

Sunak says the government is delivering and it's clear what the Conservatives stand for - compassion, fairness, and respect for the UK's laws and borders.

It is crystal clear, he says, that only the Conservatives will "stop the boats".

For his final question, Starmer says less than 1% of those arriving on small boats have been processed, and the asylum system is "broken".

He says that after 13 years of the Conservatives in power, trafficking gangs are "laughing all the way to the bank".

The government, he adds, is offering "all talk and no action," and the "same old gimmicks and empty promises".

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Sunak says there are now 6,000 fewer people in the asylum case backlog and that the UK is hiring more case workers.

"Our position is clear, if you arrive here illegally you will not be able to claim asylum," the PM says.

Starmer is hiding behind process, he adds.

The Tories are the party of fairness, he [Starmer] represents the party of free movement, Sunak says.

Starmer accuses his opponent of being "absolutely deluded" on his migration policies.

The latest asylum proposals represent "more talk, more gimmicks, more promises to be broken," he adds.

He goes on to say the prime minister deemed it "unacceptable" a few months ago that only 4% of asylum claims from people who had arrived on small boats had been processed.

So, "what's the number now?" he asks.

Sunak says the government has a clear plan to stop people coming in the first place - while Labour has no plan because it does not want to tackle the problem.

Labour, he adds, has opposed tougher sentences for people smugglers, deportations to Rwanda, and the deportation of foreign offenders.

He says Starmer's position is to defend free movement.

Starmer says the prime minister is talking "nonsense". He says the answer to his question is that out of the 18,000 deemed ineligible, only 21 have been returned.

He asks where those detained under the new legislation will be put - noting that those who aren't returned currently are left "sitting in hotels" at taxpayer expense.

Sunak says the government has almost doubled the number of people returned this year, adding that agents in Dover have been able to increase their arrests thanks to a Conservative bill passed last year.

"Stopping the boats is not just my priority, it's the people's priority," Sunak says.

Starmer argued against deportation flights and voted against the Rwanda plan, he adds, calling Starmer "just another lefty lawyer standing in our way".

Starmer persists on the migration issue by referencing his own record heading up the CPS, when "the conviction rate for people smuggling was twice what it is today".

Turning to the Conservatives' record, Starmer says last year, 18,000 people were deemed ineligible to apply for asylum - but he asks how many of them have actually been returned?

Sunak says Starmer has been on the wrong side of this issue his entire career and has never voted for tougher asylum laws.

The Conservatives, he adds, are on the side of the British people.

Following up, Starmer says Labour does not want open borders - and it is the Conservatives that have "lost control of the borders".

He says if the prime minister were "serious," he would be stealing Labour's own plan for small boats, saying the government's plan is "all talk".

"If he was serious... he would smash the gangs, sort out the returns and clean up the utter mess."

He then asks Sunak when he will achieve his plan to stop the boats.

Sunak responds to Starmer's first question by saying the Labour leader fails to recognise there is a global migration problem.

The UK is determined to make sure the UK remains compassionate, he says, but adds that the new Illegal Migration Bill makes clear that people who arrive illegally will be deported.

Labour's policy is open door immigration and unlimited asylum, Sunak says, adding that the opposition party is on the side of people smugglers.

Sir Keir Starmer begins saying by referring to "five utter failures" in the Conservatives' migration policies while in government.

"The problem just gets worse with every new gimmick", the Labour leader says, referring to the government's latest asylum proposals.

He asks if Sunak agrees with an assessment by the home secretary that there has been "inadequate" action on the issue.

Sunak is asked by MP Richard Burgon when he will publish his tax returns, including his US tax return.

Sunak says he will publish his tax returns "very shortly".

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes to the despatch box to praise International Women's Day.

He says his government is making "huge strides" for the equality of women.

He announces a new women and girls strategy.

There were cheers as both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Labour leader Keir Starmer entered the chamber

The PM is now at the dispatch box.

We're poised to bring you all the latest from PMQs when it starts in about five minutes' time.

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Another issue that could come up at PMQs is the publication of messages sent between former Health Secretary Matt Hancock and other ministers and officials at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The latest of these, published by the Daily Telegraph, suggest Matt Hancock supported threatening to block a disability centre in a Tory MP's constituency in a bid to get him to vote for the Covid tier system in England.

WhatsApp messages show Mr Hancock agreed to put pressure on James Daly, Conservative MP for Bury North, if he failed to vote with the government.

Hancock's spokesperson said: "What's being accused here never happened, demonstrating the story is wrong, and showing why such a biased, partial approach to the evidence is a bad mistake, driven by those with a vested interest and an axe to grind."

The messages, which the BBC has not independently verified or seen in their full context, were handed to The Telegraph by journalist Isabel Oakeshott.

Oakeshott, a longstanding critic of lockdowns, was given them while helping Mr Hancock write his book, Pandemic Diaries.