Theresa May uses her first answer to Jeremy Corbyn to attack the Labour leader over allegations of anti-Semitism. She reads from the peers' letter to the Guardian and - to rising noise levels in the chamber - demands he apologise for not dealing with "racism" in his party.

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Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn also congratulates Lewis Hamilton and the England cricket team.

He says time is running out on climate change, and asks why a recent report has said the government is "coasting" on climate change.

Mrs May says "we have a fine record on climate change". And then she goes on the attack...

Away from the Commons chamber, shadow chancellor John McDonnell has hit out at Labour peers who criticised Jeremy Corbyn’s handling of anti-Semitism.

Mr McDonnell said the letter in the Guardian from Labour peers was “completely inaccurate”.

He said some people wanted to use the issue as a “political weapon”, but he was focused on sorting the issue, telling the BBC: “I don’t understand what motivates some people - but I don’t care.

“Going into people’s motivations isn’t going to help us."

He added: “I’m a bit surprised they put an advert in the paper, they could have just asked for a meeting with Jeremy Corbyn or sent a letter or an email.

"Nevertheless they’ve done that; let’s listen to their views, build their views and recommendations into the decisions we take over the next weeks to resolve the matter.”

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Theresa May congratulates Lewis Hamilton and the England men's cricket ream for their recent successes.

It was, she says, a "great weekend of sport".

She also wishes the England netball team the best for the ongoing World Cup.

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BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says PMQs has felt like a bit of a non-event as Theresa May's premiership comes to a close.

However, she says it could be chance for Jeremy Corbyn to make a "big political point" before the PM steps down next week.

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As we mentioned earlier, there'll be an urgent question this afternoon on the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran for alleged spying.

She is now in a hospital psychiatric ward, her husband says.

Richard Ratcliffe said he feared the Iranian Revolutionary Guard could be isolating his wife in a Tehran hospital to press her to sign denouncements.

She was jailed in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies.

Her case has been discussed as part of the Conservative leadership race because Boris Johnson has faced considerable criticism from some inaccurate remarks he made about her while foreign secretary.

Philip Hammond may only have a week left in the Treasury - he is expected to be replaced whoever becomes the next PM - but he is going out with a bang.

In his latest Brexit intervention, he has taken issue with Tory MP Jacob Rees-Mogg's claim that a no-deal exit would actually boost the British economy.

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Boris Johnson supporter John Whittingdale says it is clear Theresa May's Brexit deal is "not going to go through", but he hopes a "different deal" can be struck.

He says Mr Johnson has "always made clear" he would prefer to leave the EU with a deal.

But he insists maintaining the possibility of no deal is needed to "get a satisfactory outcome" in talks with Brussels.

He says it was a "mistake" to try and resolve issues relating to the Irish border in the withdrawal agreement, adding this should be done in a future UK-EU trade deal.

Remember, the EU has repeatedly insisted it has already agreed a way for the UK to leave with Theresa May and will not re-open negotiations. It also says the backstop - the insurance policy for the Irish border - must remain part of any deal.

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More than 60 Labour peers have put their names to an advert in the Guardian today accusing Jeremy Corbyn of failing to tackle anti-Semitism.

The signatories, who make up about a third of Labour members in the Lords, said the leader was presiding over a "toxic culture" of anti-Semitism.

One of them, Lord Foulkes, explains what they want from Mr Corbyn now.

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Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay has been asked about Boris Johnson's recent claim that the odds of a no deal were "a million-to-one" against.

He wouldn't give his own figure, but said the chance of the UK leaving without a legal agreement was "under-priced" - that's market language for saying it is more likely to happen than people think.

While both Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt wanted to leave with a deal, he said it remained to be seen whether the EU would give the next prime minister a concession that was "palatable to MPs".

If that didn't happen, he said MPs would then face the choice of whether to revoke Article 50 and stay in the EU, or to leave anyway.

On how events may unfold, he pointed out that the Commons was only due to sit for 24 days between the start of September and the end of October, when the UK is meant to leave the EU, leaving little time for any legislation to be passed.

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Before Theresa May’s penultimate PMQs session at noon, International Development Secretary Rory Stewart will be in the Commons for a departmental question session.

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Mr Barclay has distanced himself from reports that he described the EU Withdrawal Agreement negotiated by Theresa May as "dead".

He was said to have used the phrase during a meeting with Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator, in Brussels last week.

But the cabinet minister has told MPs that reports of what was said at the meeting had been "misleading".

He said he had merely pointed out that the agreement - which the EU has said cannot be changed - would not be approved by Parliament in its current form.

"What I said was the House had rejected it three times... that the European election results in my view had further hardened attitudes across the House and that the text unchanged, I did not envisage going through the House," he said.

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Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay is answering questions at a meeting of the Brexit Committee.

You can watch the session using the video stream at the top of the page.

It's the usual weekly PMQs today at noon - with the prime minister answering questions from backbench MPs. Theresa May has only this session and one last session next week before she leaves No 10.

The Commons will also spend the afternoon debating the Gemma White report into bullying and harassment. The government has an amendment to allow investigations into historic allegations.

In the Lords, peers will be turning their attention to report stage of the NI bill.

A cross party group of peers will try to block any attempt at prorogation with an amendment to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation) Bill.

They are trying to do what Dominic Grieve failed to do in the Commons, to try and stop the suspension of Parliament – by forcing the government to report back to Parliament on the situation in Northern Ireland.