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Conservative Iain Duncan Smith raises yesterday's debate on anti-Semitism.

He says speeches made by Labour MPs Ruth Smeeth and Luciana Berger outlining the abuse they've suffered were "horrfying" but "uplifting" because of their bravery.

He asks if the PM agrees that there's "no place for anybody who is an anti-Semite" in any political party and that parties must "kick out...any apologists for anti-Semites".

Theresa May says it's "incredibly important" and that "we will not tolerate anti-Semitism in any form".

She also commends Labour MPs Ruth Smeeth and Luciana Berger for their "incredible bravery in being willing to stand up and set out [the abuse]".

You can read more on yesterday's debate here and watch part of Ruth Smeeth's speech below:

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Labour's Ellie Reeves says that 2018 has been an unprecedented year for violent crime.

Home Office documents say that there is a link between police cuts and violent crime rising, she states. She asks if the government will recognise that this is the case.

Mrs May says that the government is making more money available to police forces in the 2018-19 year.

The government does not make a direct correlation between the number of police officers violent crime rises, she adds.

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Labour's John Spellar says that the collapse of the building company Carillion halted work on the "two thirds complete" Midland Metropolitan hospital in Smethwick, external.

He says the prime minister previously promised that she'd make sure "work can recommence as soon as possible" but since there has been nothing but "endless dithering". He calls on the PM to "get this hospital built".

Theresa May says the contract to build the hospital is still in force and that the Department of Health, as well as the Cabinet Office are "working to resolve it".

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Conservative Stephen Kerr says that the UK government has managed to save seven million lives from being lost to malaria since 2000.

He asks if the government can continue work in this area.

Mrs May says that this is an issue that will be focused on in the Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings this week. The UK is the second largest donor in the fight against malaria, she adds and the government will spend £500m a year in tackling it as part of a five year plan.

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Labour's Jeff Smith raises the case of Alfie Dingley, a young child who needs cannabis oil to treat his severe epilepsy.

He says the family have recently applied to be able to use cannabis oil in the UK, where the use of cannabis-derived medicines is currently illegal.

Theresa May says she's met Alfie Dingley and his family and that "we want to ensure that people get the treatment that they need" but "it's important that medicines are tested properly".

She says she wants the Home Office to look at the application quickly.

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The SNPs Phillippa Whitford says she welcomes the government consultation on domestic abuse, and she asks if the PM will listen to the calls from women's charities and make split payments for Universal Credit the norm.

Currently women are afraid to ask for split payments as it may "worsen the abuse".

Mrs May says it is her understanding that split payments can be made. She says domestic abuse "is a terrible crime that we must deal with".

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Conservative MP Scott Mann says there is a large "disparity" between house prices and wages in his North Cornwall constituency and around the county, meaning young people there can't get on the housing ladder.

He says the average wage in Cornwall is just £18,000 a year, far below the UK average.

Theresa May says he makes a "very important point...home ownership is a dream" that too many young people aren't achieving, but says the government has a number of programs to support home ownership and that she'll meet Mr Mann and other south-west MPs to discuss the issue.

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The SNP Westminster Leader Ian Blackford asks if the prime minister thinks that the "rape clause" provides "double support".

He is referring to evidence given by Esther McVey, the work and pensions secretary, to a Holyrood committee this week.

Ms McVey has been criticised for describing the so-called "rape clause" as an opportunity for victims to get help.

Mrs May replies that this is "an incredibly sensitive issue," saying that the government has taken time and care to ensure that government staff will not ask mothers what they have experienced.

Mr Blackford says the chair of the British Medical Association in Scotland says that forcing women to disclose their manner of rape is unnacceptable. He asks "what kind of society do we live in?"

Mrs May says "we live in a society" where "this is dealt with in as sensitive manner as possible". She says these mothers will be given the exemption of talking about this with JobCentre staff and specialist professionals.

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There’s a lot of genuine outrage in the Chamber about the Windrush issue – and it could swing a lot of votes in the forthcoming local elections.

Tone and substance matter a lot here.

The PM did indeed get a chance to set out her position and managed to blame Labour for the destruction of key records.

Wounding blows were traded; Jeremy Corbyn’s condemnation of the Home Office under Mrs may as “heartless and hopeless” was effective.

Theresa May’s riposte about anti-Semitism, quoting Labour MPs from yesterday’s debate was wounding, too.

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Jeremy Corbyn says it's been "months" since Windrush cases have been brought to the attention of the government.

He calls it a "shameful episode" and that the responsibility "lies firmly at the prime minister's door" because of "pandering to bogus immigration targets" which led to a "hostile environment" and British citizens "thrown into detention centres like criminals".

He says the Windrush generation came here after the war to help rebuild the country, and asks if the government is "heartless and hopeless" and "callous and incompetent?"

Theresa May agrees that the Windrush generation "did help to build our country, they are British" which is why the government is working to ensure they can prove their status.

She then rounds on Jeremy Corbyn, who she says "talks about being callous, I will not take from a man who allows anti-Semitism to run rife in his party".

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Jeremy Corbyn says "this isn't about illegal immigration" but about Commonwealth citizens "who have a right to be here".

He says it was Home Office policy in 2012 to create a hostile environment and adds that it was Mrs May who was home secretary when there were vans on the streets telling people to go home if they were here illegally.

He asks how many people have been deported.

Mrs May replies that the government apologises "unreservedly" to people who have been told they don't have a right to stay.

She says that the government knows of no cases where people have been deported from the Windrush generation.

She adds that no-one will be "out of pocket as a result of this". She says that the Windrush generation "are British, are a part of us, and have a right to be here".

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Jeremy Corbyn raises critcisms of the Home Office by the home secretary and asks who is responsible, Theresa May or Amber Rudd.

Theresa May says the Home Office is a "great department, that touches people's lives every day" and that Amber Rudd has been "swift" in responding to the Windrush scandal.

But she says it's "absolutely right" that we ensure that people who use public services have the right to use them.

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Jeremy Corbyn says "all the evidence suggests" that it was her government's policy of "a really hostile environment for immigrants" and it was her government which introduced the 2014 Immigration Act.

He adds that Parliament needs "absolute clarity" on the destruction of the landing cards.

Mrs May replies that the decision to destroy the landing cards was made in 2009 under a Labour government.

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Jeremy Corbyn asks about the destruction of the landing cards of "a generation of Commonwealth citizens". This was carried out by the Home Office in 2010, when Theresa May was home secretary.

The prime minister says "the decision was taken in 2009 under a Labour government".

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Jeremy Corbyn kicks off questions between him and the prime minister.

He says last month he raised the case of Albert Thompson, who has lived in the UK for decades and is now being denied cancer treatment on the NHS.

He asks if she will say what she will do to ensure he can get treatment.

Mrs May says this case was raised, and was not "brushed off".

The Home Office have been in contact with his representatives, she says and she adds that NHS treatment should never be withheld by the health service.

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Conservative backbencher Neil O'Brien has the first question of today's session. He asks about the developing scandal about people from the Windrush generation facing deportation, and he asks for an update on what the government is doing.

Theresa May says there has been a "great deal of concern and anxiety" and that "these people are British, they are part of us".

She says the government has "no intention of asking anyone to leave who has the right to remain here".

She offers an apology for anyone whose status in the UK has been challenged.

She says she wants to be "clear" with the House as to "how this has happened" - and the "overwhelming majority" of people do have the documents they need, but some don't.

She says a "new dedicated team" is being set up to help them, and that cases will be resolved within two weeks.

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The prime minister is on her feet and PMQs gets going with an outline about the Commonwealth summit this week.