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SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford notes that in 2013 then chancellor George Osborne said he approved the departure of the RBS chief executive.

He argues that if the government can intervene on this issue why can't it intervene on bank branch closures.

"Show some leadership," he says "and stop bank closures."

Theresa May replies that it is an operational decision for the bank to make.

She then criticises the Scottish government for raising taxes on "1.2m Scots".

"The Conservatives back you, the SNP tax you," she says.

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Jeremy Corbyn highlights "£6bn of cuts" to social care and the number of "older people unmet care needs", asking why no new money was announced in the Budget.

Theresa May points to £2bn extra for social care announced in the spring Budget.

Mr Corbyn insists the NHS "goes into this winter in crisis" with staff shortages and mental health budgets cut, adding "she's shown just how out of touch she is".

Mrs May responds that he's "wrong, wrong, wrong" and her government's delivered "a Budget for homes and the health service - a Britain fit for the future".

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Jeremy Corbyn says A&E waiting time and cancer treatment targets have not been met for two years, and the system is "bursting at the seams".

He asks when more GPs will be in place.

Theresa May replies "we are seeing more training places for GPs" and points to missed A&E targets in Wales under a Labour administration.

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Jeremy Corbyn says that in the first three weeks of this winter 30,000 patients were left waiting in an ambulance for more than half an hour.

These delays risk lives, he says. He asks for a "cast iron pledge" that waiting time targets will be met in 2018.

Theresa May says the government does want to improve the standard of care.

She says that is why the government lifted the cap on nurse training places, and are pushing for an integration of health and social care.

"We are proud or our NHS and will make it even better," she says.

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Is the prime minister satisfied that the NHS has the resources it needs this winter, asks Leader of the Opposition Jeremy Corbyn.

Prime Minister Theresa May quotes the chief executive of NHS Providers - "the health service has prepared more extensively than ever before."

Jeremy Corbyn says the government has given the NHS less than half of the funding it asked for.

Theresa May says NHS funding is "at record levels". that means more people getting the treatement they need, she adds.

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Labour MP Dr Rosena Allin-Khan has the first question and she asks the prime minister about child poverty.

She says in her constituency families are surviving on foodbanks and 2,500 children will wake up homeless on Christmas Day. When will there be an end to austerity? she asks.

The government has lifted hundreds of thousands of children out of absolute poverty, the prime minister says.

But she says 2,500 children will not be sleeping on the streets on Wandsworth. "It does not mean that," she says.

Families with children will be provided with accommodation, she says, and homelessness is lower than it was in the last government.

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It's time for Prime Minister's Questions - the final one of 2017.

Theresa May is on her feet and says she wants to wish MPs and staff a happy Christmas, and sends good wishes to armed forces serving overseas.

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Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Owen Smith says "it cannot be correct" that the UK will both operate under exactly the same EU rules and regulations whilst leaving the Common Agriculture Policy.

He warns that 30,000 farmers need to know how they are going to pay their mortgages.

James Brokenshire accuses Owen Smith of scaremongering and describes the opposition's approach to Brexit as "a shambles".