Summary

  • Day began with questions to Culture, Media and Sport ministers

  • Business Statement unveils forthcoming business

  • Statement on decision on Fox's Sky takeover bid

  • MPs and peers debate Queen's Speech

  1. MP raises election abusepublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    Conservative MP Sheryll Murray tells MPs about threatening behaviour she experienced during the election campaign. Mrs May responds saying that she was not the only one to receive abuse and points out that it was often women who received most abuse.

  2. May begins by referring to Hillsborough chargespublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    Theresa May begins the thirty minute session with an announcement on the charging of former police officers over Hillsborough.

    Read the full story here

  3. Theresa May on her feetpublished at 12:07 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    The prime minister is on her feet for the first PMQs since the general election.

  4. 10 Ronaldos in the chamberpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

    NI questions

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    SNP MP Alison Thewliss says "we are now in the slightly odd position where each DUP MP is worth more than Ronaldo"

  5. 'Security is at the forefront of everything we do' - ministerpublished at 12:06 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    The DUP's Gregory Campbell asks what is being done to support security services in Northern Ireland, saying that security has been getting worse especially in the north west of the region.

    Former Northern Ireland Secretary Theresa Villiers asks for the forthcoming review of counter terrorism strategy to reflect the lethal nature of the domestic terrorist threat in Northern Ireland.

    New minister Chloe Smith says she is happy to meet with MPs over any specific concerns, but adds that "security is at the forefront of everything we do".

  6. New facepublished at 11:55 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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  7. DUP-Tory deal: Where is the money going to be spent?published at 11:53 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

    Northern Ireland will receive an extra £1bn over the next two years as part of the deal that will see the Democratic Unionist Party's 10 MPs back Theresa May's minority government in Commons votes.

    DUP leader Arlene Foster said the "wide-ranging" pact was "good for Northern Ireland and the UK" - so where will the money be spent?

    The heart of the financial package is infrastructure spending - £400m of it over two years.

    That is a significant sum given that Northern Ireland's annual infrastructure budget is about £1bn.

    Read the full report from the BBC News NI Economics & Business Editor, John Campbell.

  8. Tribute to colleaguespublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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  9. Owen Smith warns of 'eroding trust' in NIpublished at 11:53 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    The new shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith takes a moment to praise the defeated Northern Ireland MPs, and in particular the SDLP's Mark Durkan.

    He says that he does not doubt the good faith of the secretary of state, but says he "must acknowledge" the desire to look impartial has been compromised by the deal betweent he government and the DUP.

    Mr Smith asks if Mr Brokenshire told the prime minister that she was making his life "that much harder".

    The secretary of state reiterates that the government "sees nothing inconsistent" with its position in Northern Ireland and the deal made with the DUP.

    Mr Smith says that trust is "absolutely vital" in Northern Ireland and says there is a danger that the trust between parties will erode over time "if one party is seen to have the ear of the government".

    He asks for all minutes of the coordination committee between the DUP and Conservative to be published "so we know what's going on".

  10. Argy-bargy over seats?published at 11:51 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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  11. What are the sticking points?published at 11:48 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    The Stormont deadline is looming: but what what could prevent the Stormont parties setting up a power-sharing executive?

    The BBC's Northern Ireland political editor Mark Devenport has this analysis.

  12. Stormont power-sharing talks going down to the wirepublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    Talks to restore Northern Ireland's devolved government are going down to the wire, with just one full day left for parties to reach an agreement.

    Discussions have been taking place to bring back power-sharing at Stormont before Thursday afternoon's deadline.

    On Tuesday, Sinn Féin warned that the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) had not moved on any of the main issues at the centre of the political crisis.

    The DUP encouraged Sinn Féin to "come back from the brink".

    Read more here.

  13. MP questions government impartiality in Northern Irelandpublished at 11:44 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    Northern Ireland Secretary James Brokenshire responds to a question from Labour's Kate Hollern about the requirement for "rigorous impartiality" set out in the Belfast Agreement, external, also known as the Good Friday Agreement.

    Ms Hollern calls the deal "grubby, dangerous and desperate," and says the situation in Northern Ireland at the moment is fragile.

    Mr Brokenshire says the government remains steadfast in its commitment to the Belfast Agreement and its successors, and will govern for all parts of the community and with the Irish government "as we have done for past seven years".

    On the description of the deal, he says he does not recognise the characterisation, and says the deal was made to give stability to the UK government "for all parts of the country".

    DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds stands to say his party is "absolutely committed" to getting the executive up and running again, and says MPs should be assured that their focus is on ensuring that money for infrastructure, education "and all the rest" is spent across Northern Ireland.

    Mr Dodds says the DUP will work with the government on the principle that we want to strengthen the UK.

  14. Wednesday in the House of Commonspublished at 11:28 British Summer Time 28 June 2017

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    Welcome back to our live coverage from the Palace of Westminster.

    MPs begin today at 11.30am with what promises to be an interesting session of questions to ministers from the Northern Ireland Office, given the confidence and supply deal that has been agreed between the DUP and the Conservative minority government.

    This will also be the first time in many years that there will be no nationalist representation at this question session - or indeed in this Parliament, as the SDLP lost all three of their seats and the seven Sinn Fein MPs do not take their seats.

    After that will be the first prime minister's questions since the general election, and the first PMQs from a minority government since 1979.

    Today's Queen's Speech debate will kick off from around 12.35pm and will focus on health, social care and security.

    At the end of the day newly returned Liberal Democrat Sir Vince Cable will lead an adjournment debate on the school funding formula in London.

  15. Minister underlines government commitment to Stormontpublished at 22:38 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    Concluding today's wide-ranging debate, Communities and Local Government Minister Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth says the important thing about the referendum is "we can't ignore the result but we appreciate there are different ways of achieving it".

    He stresses the need to "focus on what unites us" in light of recent terror attacks.

    He turns to Northern Ireland, saying the government is "committed to the Assembly" and people should remember the deal struck with the DUP "doesn't cover conservative social issues".

    He believes the new agreement is "helping rather than otherwise".

  16. Labour: Government has 'nothing to say' on prisonspublished at 22:20 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    Winding up for the opposition, Labour spokesman Lord Beecham accuses the government of having "nothing to say about staffing or prisoner numbers".

    He claims numerous prisons are being "managed or mismanaged by oligopolies".

    He acknowledges the problem first arose under Labour but says the Conservatives have now had long enough in office to confront it.

  17. Former Alliance leader defends DUP agreementpublished at 21:55 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    Lord Alderdice, a former leader of Alliance who now sits as a Lib Dem, points out one outcome of the election was that the DUP are now the only representatives of Northern Ireland in Parliament.

    Though he says he's "no friend" of the DUP, the impression has been given they're "not very welcome" and the attitude is that Northern Irish parties "should be congratulated for going to power-sharing but don't expect us on this side of the water to have anything to do with those funny people".

    He emphasises: "I don't think any of this is a threat to the peace process" since both sides have found themselves "much more successful" within the political system.

  18. Ex-Cameron aide calls for terrorism review to be sped uppublished at 21:15 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    Conservative Baroness Cavendish of Little Venice, a former adviser to David Cameron, focuses her remarks on Islamist terrorism, saying the fight against it is "the battle of my generation".

    "We need to be careful about denying all links" between Islamism and Islam, she says, as this "disempower moderate reformers".

    More needs to be done to confront organisations which are "just inside the law", she argues, and calls for the review announced in the Queen's Speech to be accelerated.

  19. 'We could be three days away from direct rule'published at 20:23 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    Labour former Northern Ireland secretary Lord Murphy tells peers "I don't begrudge the money" allocated to Northern Ireland in the Conservatives' deal with the DUP.

    But he has concerns about the implications for power-sharing talks, as "we could be three days away from direct rule" which he thinks would be "calamitous".

    "When the very survival of the government depends on one party from Northern Ireland unquestionably there is a problem," he warns.

    He adds this problem is "exacerbated" by the absence of any nationalist MPs in the UK Parliament, after they were voted out at the recent election - "tragically in my view".

  20. House adjournspublished at 19:40 British Summer Time 27 June 2017

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    The adjournment debate finishes and MPs end their day in the Commons.

    MPs return tomorrow at 11.30am for what promises to be a lively session of Northern Ireland questions before the first prime minister's questions since the election at noon.