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Conservative Kit Malthouse says that "the harmful aspects of the internet" are causing social problems for young people.

He calls for "legislation with real teeth" to tackle this.

Theresa May says the government has produced an internet safety strategy and is consulting on a social media code of practice.

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Labour backbencher Mary Creagh asks about the possibility of Russian interference online in the EU referendum, off the back of a story in today's Times about Russian controlled botnets on Twitter and the Prime Minister's comments on Monday that Russia had interfered in foreign elections.

She also asks her to set up the Intelligence and Security Committee, which has lain dormant since the general election.

Theresa May says she spoke about Russian interference, although not in UK elections or votes. She says the Intelligence and Security Committee is being established "today".

At Prime Minister's Questions, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and Prime Minister Theresa May offer their condolences to the family of ex-Welsh Labour minister Carl Sargeant.

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Conservative MP Michelle Donelan says people are struggling to get appointments with GPs and calls on ministers to require newly-qualified doctors to sign a contract committing them to work in the NHS at the start of the career.

She argues this would stop a "brain drain" overseas.

Theresa May says the government will look into the matter.

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Labour's Carolyn Harris asks about the establishment of a children's funeral fund for bereaved parents who can't afford a funeral for their child.

She says the PM previously expressed sympathy for the idea.

Theresa May says Ms Harris is a "passionate campaigner" on the issue, having previously shared her personal experience, and says the government is working across departments on how to improve support for bereaved parents "in a whole variety of ways".

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Conservative MP Michael Tomlinson says the UK is leaving the EU - and it's part of an MP's job to scrutinise legislation and seek amendments which help.

He says that it's important to "come together and deliver Brexit for our country and the British people".

Theresa May says he is right, and that there is a lively debate going on in Parliament, which his "right and proper". There are strong views no both sides of the House, she says.

"We are listening carefully to those who wish to improve the bill," she says.

There's been a backlash over a Telegraph front page today, external, which shows several Tory MPs under the headline "The Brexit mutineers".

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The SNP's Westminster Leader Ian Blackford gets two questions as the leader of the third largest party in the Commons. His first question is to ask about the emergency services and if we should be proud of them.

Theresa May says she is proud of the emergency services, and pays tribute to PC Keith Palmer, who died in the Westminster terror attack in March.

For his second question he asks if Scottish police and fire services can be exempted from VAT, which he says has cost them £140m.

Theresa May says that she's had a lot of pressure on the issue from her Scottish Conservative colleagues, but says that the Scottish government was warned that unifying their regional police forces into a national force would end the VAT exemption enjoyed by forces in England and Wales and "pressed ahead despite knowing that".

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Conservative MP Oliver Dowden says the government should support grandparents, and there should be presumption in their favour when it comes to adoption.

Theresa May says she has seen concerned grandparents in her own constituency surgeries; and there is a duty on local authorities when it comes to adoption to turn to relatives first.

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Jeremy Corbyn continues his attack on the government in the light of the Paradise Papers leak, describing "public services in crisis" while "a super-rich few dodge their taxes".

He accuses the government of sitting on its hands.

Theresa May says that "the tax gap is now at its lowest level" and says Labour "would lose control of public finances".

"He may have given Momentum to his party but he brings stagnation to his country," she tells MPs.

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Mr Speaker has been telling off MPs on all sides of the House - there's quite a bit of noise coming from the benches as the leaders of the two parties clash.

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After clashing on the NHS, the leaders turn to school budgets.

Jeremy Corbyn says "5,000 headteachers from 25 counties" have written to the government asking for money taken out of budgets to be returned.

Earlier, he pointed out that the Tories were the government and should answer questions from the opposition.

Theresa May cheers her own troops by saying: "He has got something right today - we are the government and he is the opposition."

She goes on to say that income inequality unemployment is "down under the Conservatives".

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Jeremy Corbyn calls on the government to pause the roll-out of Universal Credit, arguing it is resulting in people falling into rent arrears and risking eviction.

He asks the PM if it is "right to put thousands of families through Christmas in the trauma of knowing they are about to be evicted".

Theresa May says the number of people in arrears has fallen by a third over four months.

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Jeremy Corbyn says one Conservative MP has been expressing his disappointment at "the closure of Uxbridge police station" on Twitter.

The MP in question is Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, Mr Corbyn says, and the police station in London is closing becasue of budget cuts.

Theresa May retorts that Mr Corbyn "might not have noticed that the police and crime commissioner in London was the mayor" - Labour's Sadiq Khan.

She suggests that Mr Corbyn might think Mr Khan "is not Labour enough for him".

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn follows Theresa May and also wishes the Queen and Prince Philip a happy platinum wedding anniversary.

He then calls on the government to offer emergency aid to Iran following the earthquake there, and also pays tribute to Labour Welsh Assembly member Carl Sargeant, who died last week.

Mr Corbyn then says that "crime is up" and calls on the government to "provide the funding our police need".

Theresa May says the government is monitoring the situation in Iran and also pays tribute to Mr Sergeant.

However, she points to a crime survey which says crime is "down by over a third since 2010" and insists the government has been "protecting police budgets".