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Labour MP David Drew asks the prime minister to ensure that the additional needs budget is fully ring-fenced and invested in schools "rather than lost somewhere on the way".

He says this would "make a dramatic difference to our schools".

The prime minister lists the different funding commitments the government has made to support children with complex, special educational needs.

She adds that the money should be going directly to schools, and suggests the MP "sits down with the local authority to discuss how they are using the money".

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SNP MP Deirdre Brock says that according to the Spectator magazine, ex-Cambridge Analytica boss Alexander Nix made a visit to Downing Street in December 2016.

She asks who he met, and what the purpose of the meeting was.

Theresa May says she will "look into the issue".

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Conservative MP Julia Lopez tells the House she has recently lost a constituent to knife crime.

She welcomes the prime minister's announcement to hold emergency summit, but asks what action will be taken afterwards.

Theresa May replies that the government has launched a consultation on addressing knife crime as a public health issue - as has been done in Scotland.

She says she will also act on recommendations that come out of the emergency summit.

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Conservative MP Chris Philp raises the case of one of his constituents, who was raped and murdered when he was 14 years old.

He says the victim's family are now receiving disturbing messages via Snapchat purporting to be from the perpetrator, who is now serving a prison sentence.

He says the police have asked Snapchat for data on the messages, but that the company is referring them to a treaty with the United States which would mean a "one-year process" to get the information.

Mr Philp calls for social media firms to share their data with the police, and says if they refuse to comply, urgent legislation is needed on the matter.

Theresa May says the Ministry of Justice is urgently looking into this issue.

"We want social media companies to recognise the responsibility they have and to work with law enforcement agencies," she adds.

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Replying to Ian Blackford, Theresa May says she wants to ensure EU citizens living in the UK have their rights protected.

She says her Brexit deal does that, and urges Mr Blackford to vote for it.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford raises the case of 87-year-old grandmother Tove MacDonald who has had to apply for settled status after Brexit.

She was brought up under Nazi occupation in Denmark and has lived in Scotland for 59 years.

"Why is she being forced to register in the place called home?" Mr Blackford says, adding: "what a disgrace."

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Jeremy Corbyn says the problem is that violent crime has doubled with the rise "driven by austerity - something the prime minister said a few months ago was over".

The police recognise the link even if the prime minister doesn't, he adds.

Mr Corbyn says mental health services are underfunded, youth centres have been closed , school funding has been cut and public facilities have been cut, adding: "the consequences are clear."

"You cannot keep communities safe on the cheap by cuts and privatisation," he adds.

Theresa May says the government put more money into local authorities and the police, but Jeremy Corbyn voted against it.

"We had to take these measures because of the state of the economy left by Labour," she adds, noting that Labour's policies "would take us right back to square one".

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Jeremy Corbyn says the numbers of rapes, murders and other serious crimes committed by those on parole has risen by more than 50% since privatisation of the probation service.

He asks if the government accepts that this privatisation has been "a disaster" and should be reversed.

Theresa May replies that she wants to ensure that the government is "genuinely" reducing the level of re-offending.

That is something, she says, that wasn't being done under the last Labour government.

Police officer numbers in England and Wales have dropped by just under 20,000 since 2010, external, while levels of violent crime have risen in recent years.

Figures released in February showed the number of fatal stabbings in England and Wales last year - 285 - was the highest since records began in 1946.

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Jeremy Corbyn says "violence has doubled under the Conservative government".

He asks when towns are going to get the resources they need for the local police needed to tackle violent crime and ensure arrests.

Theresa May says the government is putting more resources in to the police, and increasing the powers the police have.

"It's a step we've taken because the police have asked us to do this," she adds.

Theresa May says if Jeremy Corbyn wants the police to be able to do their job, he needs to answer why he voted against a law for carrying knives.

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Jeremy Corbyn says the police "clearly do not have the resources" to deal with knife crime.

He asks if the prime minister regrets cuts to police numbers, and asks if they will be restored to previous levels.

Theresa May insists that the government is putting more resources into the police.

She accuses the Labour party of opposing funding to the police.

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Jeremy Corbyn says the government owes it to victims' families to do much more, and to ensure there are more resources for the police to deal with the problem of rising serious violence.

Mr Corbyn says earlier today Chair of he National Police Chiefs' Council Sarah Thornton said "we need more leadership from government and there needs to be more funding".

He adds that yesterday, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick said similar.

Theresa May says the Metropolitan Police Commissioner said police alone cannot sort this out, adding: "we cannot arrest our way out of this problem."

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Jeremy Corbyn uses his first question to ask what extra funding is being provided to address the "root causes" of knife crime and violent crime.

Theresa May replies that tackling knife crime means ensuring the police have the resources to do their job, tackling drug crime, and intervening "at every stage to turn young people away from violence".

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Opening PMQs, Theresa May says a "growing number" of young people are dying as a result of a "cycle of mindless violence".

There is a need to do more to ensure "justice is served", she says, and to tackle the "root causes" of the violence.

She says she will be meeting some of the victims, and will be holding a summit in Downing Street with community leaders in the coming days.

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Theresa May arrives in the Commons and takes her place on the front bench.

Northern Ireland questions are about to conclude, with PMQs due to start imminently.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of Parliament today.

Prime Minister’s Questions kicks off at midday, followed by an urgent question on social security and employment support for disabled people with health conditions.

Business Secretary Greg Clark will then make a statement on protecting workers’ rights after Brexit.

First, however, MPs have begun their day with questions to Northern Ireland Secretary Karen Bradley.

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We'll be leaving our coverage of the Commons there for today.

MPs will continue to debate the final stages of the Northern Ireland Budget Bill before SNP MP Drew Hendry introduces his adjournment debate on the families of commonwealth soldiers.

We'll resume our coverage tomorrow at 11.30am for Northern Ireland questions before PMQs at midday.