Summary

  • Minister updated MPs on funding for replacing cladding on private tower blocks

  • Minister responded to urgent question on refugees in Sri Lanka

  • MPs debated treatment for those with acquired brain injuries

  • They also held a debate on 25th anniversary of death of former Labour leader John Smith

  • Andrea Leadsom announced parliamentary business for next week

  1. May insists NHS staff levels at highest everpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says NHS funding has fallen under the current government.

    He says there are 100,000 staff vacancies across the NHS in England and asks what the PM is doing to remedy this "dangerous" situation?

    Theresa May says the number of doctors and nurses is at its highest level in NHS history.

    She says Labour are the only party who in government cut funding to the health service.

  2. 'Talking down' the NHS?published at 12:12 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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  3. Corbyn asks about NHS staff and stresspublished at 12:10 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    For his first question, Jeremy Corbyn starts with a joke, saying Theresa May could take some tips from Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp on getting a "good result in Europe".

    Turning to the issue of work-related stress in the NHS, he says workers have been "severely let down" and asks why that is.

    Theresa May replies that there has been a failure "for far too long" to produce proper workplace planning.

    But she says the government has given the NHS the "biggest cash boost" in its history.

  4. Gavin Williamson in chamber as PMQs gets goingpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    Former defence secretary Gavin Williamson might not be speaking, as Laura Kuenssberg said, but he is in the chamber to listen to PMQs.

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  5. Leaders trade Liverpool metaphorspublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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  6. Media kept behind glass in new Commons chamberpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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  7. Gavin Williamson not expected to speak at PMQspublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    I'm told that Gavin Williamson - sacked last week as defence secretary over those Huawei leaks - won't be speaking during PMQs, despite some speculation that he will pop up. He might speak later in the day, though, so we'll have to see.

    He clearly believes he has somehow been stitched up by the government, but Downing Street insists it has compelling evidence against him. I don't think this is the last we'll hear of this though, and Gavin Williamson remains a very ambitious politician.

  8. Green benches will live on in Parliament's temporary homepublished at 11:56 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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  9. First look at Parliament's new homepublished at 11:54 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    MPs voted last year to leave the Palace of Westminster, which houses the Commons and the Lords, while a multi-billion pound restoration takes place. We've just been given the first look at what Parliament's temporary home will look like.

  10. More from our political editorpublished at 11:33 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    One former minister, loyal to Theresa May until recently, says she has to now go because "she is sucking up the oxygen her successor will need". Many others, though, think changing the rules on a leadership challenge now would be crackers.

    What most agree on is if there were to be another confidence vote in Mrs May, she wouldn’t survive it again, and that’s why the 1922 meeting today matters. A rule change could set off a chain of events that sees a new PM before the summer.

  11. Tory rule change stance 'could change fast'published at 11:27 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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  12. Also coming up...published at 11:21 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

    Also today - Conservative MPs will discuss Theresa May's future as Tory leader later, with demand growing for her to name a precise date for her departure.

    The 1922 Committee of Tory MPs will press for a detailed "road map" of when the PM will leave office following the party's drubbing in local elections last week.

    In addition, ministers will publish legislation to create a London Olympics-style delivery body to oversee the proposed refurbishment of Parliament.

    It comes as the government unveils plans today for a new temporary home for MPs during the restoration work.

  13. 'Tough on Brexit and the causes of Brexit'published at 11:19 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

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    Greens: 'Tough on Brexit and the causes of Brexit'

    Today the Green Party has launched its European election campaign. Co-leader Jonathan Bartley set out his stall, reworking a slogan that might be familiar from New Labour days.

  14. Wednesday in the Commonspublished at 11:13 British Summer Time 8 May 2019

    Hello and welcome to our live coverage of events today in Westminster.

    At 12.00 BST Theresa May will be in the Commons to face Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for Prime Minister’s Questions.

    Talks between the government and Labour have so far failed to produce a Brexit compromise, with Labour's Rebecca Long Bailey saying yesterday nothing had been agreed. They'll meet again later though.

    After this, Tory MP John Baron will ask an urgent question on the Iran nuclear deal, after the country suspended key commitments under the agreement.

    This afternoon, MPs will debate free TV licences for the over-75s.

  15. UK will take part in European electionspublished at 23:07 British Summer Time 7 May 2019

    The PM hoped to avoid the vote by getting a Brexit deal agreed, but her de facto deputy rules that out.

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  16. Tuesday in the Commonspublished at 21:24 British Summer Time 7 May 2019

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    It's been a busy day in the Commons, with urgent questions and statements dominating usual business.

    The day started with departmental questions for Health and Social Care ministers, followed by an urgent question on severe disability premium payments and Universal Credit.

    An urgent question followed on the East Midlands Trains franchise, which was recently awarded to Abellio. The Department for Transport has delayed the final sign-off of the East Midlands rail franchise award, extending the standstill period (a ten-day pause between award and signing of contracts) by a week. It is alleged that details of the current contract with Stagecoach were leaked last summer to Abellio. Transport minister Andrew Jones has said it was a "fair, open competition" for the contract. Stagecoach called for an inquiry last month.

    The final urgent question was on Bombardier in Northern Ireland. At the beginning of May, the Canadian manufacturer announced they would sell their Northern Ireland-based operations as part of a restructure. It is one of Northern Ireland's largest employers.

    Home Secretary Sajid Javid updated MPs on spending for places of worship security funding, followed by a statement on the government's response to the Timpson review on school exclusions.

    Conservative MP Charlie Elphicke introduced a bill to allow those with mortgages to transfer their mortgage to another company.

    Finally, MPs debated a bill introduced by Environment Secretary Michael Gove to end the use of wild animals in circuses.

    The Commons will return at 11:30 BST tomorrow with Scotland questions, and Prime Minister's Questions at 12:00.

  17. 'Nothing agreed' in cross-party Brexit talkspublished at 21:05 British Summer Time 7 May 2019

    Shadow business secretary Rebecca Long Bailey says further talks will continue this week.

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  18. The life of MEPs in Brexit limbopublished at 20:42 British Summer Time 7 May 2019

    Their offices are full of boxes, they're living in hotels, and farewell drinks seem a long way off.

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