Summary

  • MPs question Cabinet Office ministers

  • PMQs at noon

  • Opposition Day debates on effect on equality of the Autumn Statement 2016; then homelessness

  • Statement on schools funding

  • Motion to ban terror organisation

  • David Davis answering questions on Brexit

  • Peers meet at 3pm for questions

  • Then examine National Citizen Service Bill and Wales Bill

  1. Watch: Boris Johnson - 'FFS'published at 12:07 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  2. Good start?published at 12:05 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  3. PMQs beginspublished at 12:05 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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    Theresa May

    Labour MP Peter Dowd kicks us off by asking if given his recent comments does the prime minister regret putting FO by Boris Johnson's name.

    Prime Minister Theresa May - with much laughter from MPs - replies that Boris Johnson is an FFS - "a fine Foreign Secretary".

  4. Are the House of Lords running out of toilets?published at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

    Cabinet Office questions

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    Dennis Skinner

    Labour MP Jeff Smith asks about reducing the size of the House of Lords. Specifically he expresses concern that the government is planning to reduce the number of MPs by 50 (through boundary changes) whilst at the same time introducing many new peers.

    Minister Chris Skidmore tells MPs that the Lords should not "expand indefinitely" but that reform is "not a top priority".

    Speaker John Bercow intervenes to clarify that the discussion is about the size of the House of Lords, not the individual peers themselves. 

    Conservative David Nuttall warns that if the Lords "try to frustrate the will of British people" by blocking Brexit then reform should become a top priority. 

    Labour's Dennis Skinner tells MPs that there are now so many peers "they are running short of toilets".

  5. Graham Stringer MP on potential military action against Syriapublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  6. Why are the PM's advisers excluded from pay cap? asks SNP MPpublished at 11:55 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

    Cabinet Office questions

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    Phil Boswell

    SNP MP Phil Boswell notes that a cap has been introduced on the pay of special advisers. He asks why the prime minister's own special advisers are excluded from this cap.

    Minister Chris Skidmore tells MPs that special advisers are an "important part" of supporting ministers and their pay will be kept under review.

    He adds that the government is now required to publish data on special adviser pay and assures MPs this information will be produced shortly.

  7. Who's asking the questions?published at 11:53 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  8. Brexit exchangepublished at 11:51 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  9. Cabinet Office questions begins...published at 11:50 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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    Ian Lavery

     ...and the first question comes from Conservative Mike Freer who asks about the UK's defences against cyber attacks.

    Yesterday Labour MP Ben Bradshaw suggested that Russia may used hacking to interfere in the EU referendum.

    Shadow minister Ian Lavery asks for a guarantee that no cyber attacks have been carried out that could have an impact on the UK's democracy.

    Ben Gummer replies that the Electoral Commission has said their voter register is one of the "most accurate and secure" in the world.

    He adds that all the security services are working to protect the UK's democracy

  10. Message from the Queenpublished at 11:43 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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    Julian Smith

    Before Cabinet Office questions starts the Vice-Chamberlain, Julian Smith, delivers a message from the Queen.

    "Snapchat would have been quicker," heckles one MP. 

  11. New MP or sniffer dog?published at 11:20 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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  12. Welcome to Westminsterpublished at 11:17 Greenwich Mean Time 14 December 2016

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    Good morning and welcome to our coverage of the House of Parliament.

    What's happening today? 

    We begin in the Commons with Cabinet Office questions followed by PMQs - the last one of 2016.

    Education Secretary Justine Greening will then make a statement on the funding formula for schools in England.

    SNP MP Neil Gray will then introduce his Financial Regulation of Funeral Services Bill which strengthens regulation of pre-paid funerals.

    The rest of the day will be taken up with two opposition day debate on the Autumn Statement and homelessness.