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Conservative backbencher Lucy Frazer mentions comments yesterday by the head of MI5 about the dangers of terrorists finding "safe spaces" online.

She asks the PM to confirm that that if the government believes regulation of the internet is needed it will be "robust and enforced".

The prime minister says she's "happy to give that confirmation".

She says the government is working with the tech companies to work out how to deal with terrorist activities on the internet and also held meetings with the Italian PM Paolo Gentiloni and French President Macron on the issue.

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Labour's Julie Cooper argues that "failure to fund schools adequately is hurting children in my constituency" and they are facing shortfalls of millions of pounds.

The PM says "the government is putting record funding into schools" and the legacy will be "more children in outstanding schools".

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Labour MP Alan Whitehead says that a Southampton housing association tells him that 65% of tenants are in major arrears averaging £700 due to Universal Credit - and it's hampering the ability of the housing association to build more homes.

Theresa May says that housing associations are being given more funds to build more homes.

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Labour's Lilian Greenwood says the government "won't provide a penny" for Nottingham Council to retrofit sprinklers in tower blocks, asking how she would feel if she lived in one.

Theresa May tells her sprinklers are "not the only issue to be addressed" and in terms of spending "it's up to the council to decide what they want to do".

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Labour backbencher Laura Pidcock says Universal Credit is "not just for jobseekers" and that her constituents in North West Durham have "borne the brunt of austerity" in recent years.

She says they're now due to face the rollout of Universal Credit at Christmas, which she says is one of the toughest times of the year financially. She asks if this is due to "gross incompetence or calculated cruelty".

Therea May says the DWP has been rolling out UC and is "pleased to say we're seeing a much better performance".

She adds that the fundamental reason for moving to UC is "a more straighrfoward, simpler system that allows people to keep more as they earn more, and encourages people into work".

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Fiona Bruce asks about Hong Kong; and brings up the case of human rights activist Ben Rogers who was refused entry to Hong Kong.

The Conservative MP says she wants to see the democratic freedoms in the "one country two systems" preserved.

Theresa May says the government wants to see that democratic freedoms preserved and says the Foreign Office has raised the issue.

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Labour's Ruth George raises the case of a Universal Credit claimant who "suffered injustice and debt" through being asked to repay hundreds of pounds.

Theresa May defends the system as "helping people back into the workplace" and points to the helpline changes already announced.

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Labour chair of the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee Rachel Reeves seeks assurance that 14m people on standard variable tariffs will "actually see energy prices come down" and "make sure that this is last winter they are ripped off".

Theresa May welcomes support from Labour for the energy price cap - drawing heckling from Labour MPs - which she says "will see rip-off prices capped for millions of customers".

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford asks the PM to rule out no deal over Brexit.

He says Scotland would "suffer" from a hard Brexit or no deal.

Theresa May says "we are working for the best possible deal, but would be irresponsible not to prepare for all possibilities".

Mrs May says 250,000 more people in Scotland are in work thanks to this government.

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Jeremy Corbyn says former chancellor George Osborne told an audience that the Labour government did what was necessary after the sub-prime crash in 2007.

Under this PM we have a weak economy, Mr Corbyn tells the House, and wages are lower than they were 10 years ago; and he says the government is bungling the Brexit negotiations.

"We have weak growth, falling productivity," he says. and asks how the prime minister has the nerve to come to Parliament to talk about a strong economy.

Theresa May says the OECD that the UK has the most efficient healthcare system; fiscal sustainability and that jobs and earnings are good.

"The way to get a weak economy is to borrow £500bn," she says, and to promise spending. "People are going to have to pay for that," she says.

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Jeremy Corbyn asks the PM about more money for NHS pay, urging her to say when health workers will find out what they will be paid.

Theresa May replies that the government "has no money of its own - government has no money of its own. It collects money and taxes from business and people".

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Mr Corbyn welcomes the decision to "bow to pressure" in removing the cost of the Universal Credit helpline, and asks her to pause and rethink the whole system.

Mrs May tells him she "listened" on the helpline cost, but adds "it's a simple system" that encourages people into work and pausing it "won't help" those who want to take money home to their families.