Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh asks the PM whether he agrees that there is only one party that has "the will, the inclination and the determination to stop mass illegal and legal migration - and that is the Conservative Party!"

"Let's unite our movement and do that!" he exclaims to loud cheers.

Rishi Sunak responds by saying he agrees with Leigh, and attacks the Labour Party saying that Keir Starmer would scrap an immigration policy "even when it was implemented and working".

Prime Minister's Questions has now concluded.

Stay with us as we catch you up on what happened in the next few posts.

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Patrick Grady, the SNP representative for Glasgow North, asked in what way the European Court of Human Rights could be considered foreign.

Will Sunak commit to remaining in it, he asks.

The PM says he has been clear that he will not let "a foreign court stop us from sending illegal migrants to Rwanda".

Conservative MP Harriett Baldwin asks whether the prime minister is expecting the Labour Party to oppose cuts to National Insurance when the vote takes place this afternoon.

Sunak replies that Labour's rhetoric suggests they are not going to support the cuts to National Insurance.

"Labour will put your taxes up and we will keep cutting them," he says.

Will Abbott get called for a question?published at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

12:33 GMT 13 March

Chris Mason
Political editor

Diane Abbott is keeping her eye near constantly on the Speaker.

She is standing up - to signal her desire to ask a question — between every other speaker.

Will she be called?

Tory MP Sir Christopher Chope inquires whether the government will support his Covid-19 vaccine payments bill for people who have suffered adverse effects of the vaccine.

Rishi Sunak says he sends his sympathies to everyone who has suffered side effects after getting vaccinated, and says he is looking at the issue in "some detail".

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Next up is Liz Saville Roberts, the Plaid Cymru MP for Dwyfor Meirionnydd - she brings up the production Nye at the National Theatre, starring actor Michael Sheen.

She says the play celebrates an increase in life expectancy since the NHS was established.

Saville Roberts adds that a recent UCL study now shows life expectancy has been set back by three years thanks to austerity - and asks Sunak and Starmer whether they think public services can withstand another £20bn of cuts.

Sunak hits back, saying her party is propping up a Welsh Labour government that has "the worst" NHS performance than any part of the UK.

Conservative Dame Andrea Jenkyns turns to the topic of migrant deportations to Rwanda - today it was reported that the UK would pay failed asylum seekers to move to the African nation.

She says if the UK left the European Convention of Human Rights, migrants could be deported for free, and calls on the prime minister to commit to leaving the ECHR or hold a referendum on the matter.

"We must do everything to secure our borders," Sunak says.

He adds that he will not let a foreign court block his ability to send people to Rwanda.

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Janet Daby, Labour MP for Lewisham East, now says the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has announced a pilot plan to help improve clean air in London schools through air filters.

She asks whether the PM supports this pilot.

Sunak says that air pollution has reduced significantly since 2010 and partly due to legally binding targets.

He adds the Conservatives have provided almost £1bn to help local authorities across the country implement plans to reduce pollution.

Miriam Cates, one of the leaders of the New Conservatives group on the right of the party, challenges Sunak about a new government strategy to counter extremism, due out tomorrow.

She says while radical Islamists do pose a risk to security and should be tackled, reports that ministers plan to broaden the definition of extremism are concerning.

She warns that separating a "wide range of legitimate views" from "actual violence and harm" will have "a chilling effect on free speech".

The PM urges her to wait for the strategy, which he adds is "absolutely not about silencing people with private and peaceful beliefs".

Galloway and Anderson spotted sitting side-by-sidepublished at 12:27 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

12:27 GMT 13 March

Chris Mason
Political editor

Hello from the press gallery. A great spot for people spotting.

And sitting next to each other on the opposition backbenches, two news makers of the last month.

George Galloway, without his hat (they’re not allowed in the Commons) and Lee Anderson.

They don’t agree on much. But both share a capacity to generate headlines.

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Next, Lib Dem leader Ed Davey asks a question about cancer services for children.

The existing service is "world-leading", he says, but many fear the wrong decision is being made by moving cancer services. Davey asks whether the PM will intervene and delay any final decision to prevent a risk to children suffering from cancer.

Sunak replies by saying that decisions around clinical provisions are made by clinicians in local areas. He says the government is investing in "more oncologists, more radiologists and community diagnostic centres" which are contributing to cancer treatment being at record levels.

He concludes by saying he will ensure that Davey gets a meeting with the relevant secretary of state.

Phasing out National Insurance a chief concern for Starmerpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

12:23 GMT 13 March

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

Keir Starmer has raised the government’s ambition to phase out National Insurance contributions because he thinks he can ask the Conservatives the very questions they raised over his now diluted pledge to spend £28n annually on green projects.

In other words, what taxes would be raised or spending cut to fund this?

He has suggested the value of the state pension is under threat. The party has been picking up these concerns amongst key voters, and the future of National Insurance seems set to be one of the dividing lines at the next election.

Rishi Sunak banked Labour’s attack as an admission that Starmer wouldn’t cut taxes if he wins power.

First up from the backbenches - Will Quince, the Tory MP for Colchester.

He says sub-postmasters involved in the Post Office Horizon IT scandal will "welcome" the new legislation from the government, but asks if Sunak can reassure the House that it will be passed "as soon as possible".

The prime minister pays tribute to all those postmasters that campaigned for justice, including those who have not lived to witness it be served.

He says the new legislation will be passed before Parliament's summer recess and redress will be payed to victims across whole of the UK

PM seems keen to hold on to Hester cashpublished at 12:21 Greenwich Mean Time 13 March

12:21 GMT 13 March

Iain Watson
Political correspondent

Under the watchful gaze of Diane Abbott from the backbenches, Rishi Sunak has suggested that Frank Hester has shown "remorse" for his comments.

And this remorse, it would appear, is reason enough not to hand back £10m in donations.

But Hester’s company had insisted his comments about the Independent MP were not based on gender or the colour of her skin, and his apology was for "rudeness".

Unsurprisingly, Sir Keir Starmer has pressed the PM to hand back the Hester cash in an election year.

And unsurprisingly, the PM seems keen to hold on to it despite the political heat, choosing instead to highlight unsavoury comments in recent years from Labour politicians.

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"This is complete rubbish," Flynn continues, saying that Hester apologised for being rude – "He wasn't rude, he was racist," he says.

He notes the government's recent warnings of extremism in society, and asks whether the extremism that should raise concern is in fact the Tory donors.

"No," says Sunak, who says instead there is extremist activity "seeking to hijack our democratic institution".

Stephen Flynn, leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons, says the Tory party have accepted a £10m donation of someone who said that one of their colleagues "should be shot".

He asks why the prime minister is putting “money before morals”.

Sunak says the comments were wrong, and “the gentleman in question apologised and that remorse should be accepted”.

Sunak says pensions are going up, the "triple lock" has been protected, everyone in work is having their taxes cut, and NHS spending is up again - while all there is from Labour is an "unfunded" £28bn spending promise.

The PM says Labour is also pledging to spend billions elsewhere, also unfunded. Why can't Labour come clean, he adds, that taxes would go up for everyone if it won power?

"All we need is now is an especially hardy lettuce and it could be 2022 all over again!" quips Starmer.

It's no wonder that the prime minister is too scared to call an election, he says, when the public can see that the only way to "protect their country, their pension and their NHS from the madness of this Tory Party is by voting Labour".

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Sunak replies, saying he knows it's not Starmer's "strong point", but if he listened to the chancellor he would have heard the NHS budget is going up.

He adds that all he is hearing from the Labour leader is that he's against cutting National Insurance.