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Labour Yvette Cooper says the PM has done a "£2bn u-turn in a week" and last year there was another u-turn. She asks whether the government wants to abolish Spring Budgets because "they just keep ripping them up".

Theresa May says she supports the measures in the Budget to ensure money is put into schools, skills and social care.

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The SNP's Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh says "[the prime minister] cannot object to Nicola Sturgeon sticking to her manifesto promise" to call another referendum if there is a "material change". 

Theresa May points out that Nicola Sturgeon was elected the leader of a minority government and that Scots voted "decisively" to remain in the EU. 

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Conservative MP Tim Loughton asks whether the PM will reject the European Court ruling that employers can ban their staff from wearing signs of political or religious belief.

It relates to a ruling from the European Court of Justice that allows companies to ban staff from wearing visible religious symbols , external .

The prime minister says the UK has a strong tradition of freedom of expression, and there is no intention of legislation on the issue. 

"It is sometimes right to ask for the veil to be removed," she says - such as at borders or in court. But she says women have the right to wear what they want.

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SNP's Callum McCaig cites weak performance of the pound and £33bn trade deficit, asking: "Does she really believe the UK can afford to be an independent country?"

Theresa May tells him "if he wants to talk numbers" unemployment is at a record low. 

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Conservative Victoria Atkins asks if we will maintain the "high food standards we expect of farmers" as we leave the EU.

Theresa May says "we will certainly do that" and animal welfare will remain "a priority". 

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Labour's Stephen Doughty asks whether "it's a price worth paying" on the approach she is taking to Brexit - which he calls "reckless" - to risk the break-up of the United Kingdom.

The prime minister says she does not want to rip the UK from the single market. "We want to ensure we get a good free trade agreement, which gives us the maximum possible access to the single market, to enable us to trade with the single market," Theresa May tells MPs.

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Theresa May tells the SNP's Angus Robertson: "Scotland will be leaving the EU, either as a member of UK or as independent country."

She says we "need to unite and ensure the best deal for whole UK". 

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Conservative Jeremy Quin congratulates the government for a Budget which secures the radical reform of technical education.

He asks for a minimual level of funding for all schools.

Theresa May says the Budget does address technical education, and the government is investing in further education.

The prime minister says the DfE is considering the funding formula, and "we will be looking at it carefully".

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Jeremy Corbyn says he wants to see "a staircase for all, not a ladder for the few" in terms of social mobility.

Theresa May tells him inequality has gone down under the Conservatives. 

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Jeremy Corbyn asks what she's doing to help the worst-off. 

The PM replies they've frozen VAT and made a good education available to more children. 

She says Labour's plans "wouldn't help ordinary working families".