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Going on the attack, Ms Abbott asks how long the government is gong to pursue austerity when she says so many people can see for themselves that cuts have consequences, and that there is "a human price for people to pay for Tory austerity".

Ms Abbott questions Amber Rudd's previous claim that the opposition were "scaremongering", by saying that every stakeholder in policing says there is an increasing problem with government cuts to policing.

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Shadow home secretary Diane Abbott rises to move Labour's Amendment I, external to today's debate on the Queen's Speech, which calls for the government to end the public sector pay cap and give the emergency and public services a "fair pay rise".

Ms Abbott says that we have seen in recent months that in times of public and personal crisis it is public sector workers that the public turns towards.

She says it is one thing to praise these workers at times of crisis; "but we need to treat them fairly every other day of the year".

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The penultimate question came from Conservative MP Peter Bone - quoting a new survey says 75% of British people now support leaving the European Union. Mrs May says there is a unity of view across the country to "just get on a deliver" on the EU referendum result.

The final one came from former Labour frontbencher Rachel Reeves about the Jo Cox commission's work on tackling loneliness. Mrs May agrees with the good work being done.

In order to follow what's going on in the Commons today, take a look at the order paper, external, which is published every day online at the Parliament website.

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Prime Minister's Questions used to be a half hour session - not any more it seems. We have now gone on for more than 50 minutes.

At one time the Speaker used to justify overruning on making up for time lost controlling rowdy exchanges - this session today hardly featured any stoppages. Even Sir Alex Ferguson never got 20 minutes of injury time (or did he?).

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The length of PMQs is now becoming exceptionally long.

Here are the running time of the last three:

PMQs 29 March - 55 mins

PMQs 18 April - 44 mins

PMQs 26 April - 56 mins

PMQs 28 June - 50 mins

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The DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds tells MPs that suicide rates in Northern Ireland are some of the worst in Europe and in the developed world, adding that experts have pointed to 30 years of violence and terrorism as a potential cause of this.

He says that part of the money agreed in the DUP-Conservative deal is for extra investment in mental health and in the health service "for all the people of Northern Ireland across all sections of the community".

On the basis of this, Mr Dodds urges people to get behind the deal and to welcome it.

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Conservative MP Philip Davies says that recent events have proven that the idea that overseas aid keeps this country safe "is absolute nonsense".

The MP says this aid does not make us look compassionate to the public, "it makes us look idiotic".

He asks Mrs May to promise to slash the overseas aid budget and spend it in the UK, adding that he hopes she doesn't have an aversion to pursuing policies that are popular with the public.

The prime minister responds that she believes it is important given the state of our economy and our position in the world that we can help millions of people around the world - particularly girls.

The executive editor of Conservative Home points out:

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Glastonbury now - and what Jeremy Corbyn allegedly said to the festival's founder Michael Eavis about scrapping Trident.

An easy win for Mrs May, courtesy of newly elected Tory MP for Aldershott Joe Docherty.

She debuts a new attack line on Mr Corbyn, as you can see for yourself in the tweet below...

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Theresa May insists she has "protected counter-terrorism policing" but insists it is not just about funding but also making sure police have the powers they need, she says, after a question from a Labour backbencher.

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Labour's Jo Stevens asks when there will be a clampdown on fixed-odds betting terminals - a long running issue.

Mrs May says a consultation has taken place and an announcement will be made in due course.

She then gets a supportive question from Suella Fernandes, new Tory MP for Fareham, allowing her to trumpet the fact that she got more votes and seats at the general election.

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Labour's Kevin Brennan asks why the DUP are still getting Short Money - the cash paid to opposition parties to help them fund research - when they are no longer in opposition.

"No pay rise for the nurses, but 'double bubble' for her friends in the DUP," he says.

Mrs May explains why she had to do a deal with the DUP, which she says was the "right thing to do".

Labour backbenchers appear to have been given the job of quizzing the PM on the DUP deal and austerity, after Jeremy Corbyn used his questions on fire safety.

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Labour's Ian Lucas welcomes Mrs May's U-turn on the "dementia tax" and urges her to reverse cuts to police budgets.

Mrs May - repeating the line Chris Grayling used on the Daily Politics - says "we are protecting police budgets". She says it is not about the number of police on the streets and crime is falling.