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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions: 12 December 2018

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

4.591 Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2018

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

The Prime Minister, Theresa May, took questions from MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday 12 December 2018.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Order questions to the Prime Minister.

0:04.0

Kerry McCarthy.

0:07.0

Question one, Mr. Speaker.

0:09.0

The Prime Minister.

0:11.0

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

0:15.0

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, I know that the thoughts of the whole House will be with all those caught up in the horrific incident in Strasbourg last night, and we stand ready to give whatever support the French authorities may need.

0:33.6

Mr. Speaker, today I will have meetings, possibly many meetings, with ministerial colleagues and others.

0:40.6

Kerry McCarthy!

0:43.0

So just a normal day in the office then, Prime Minister.

0:46.5

I would also want to share the condolences for the tragic events in the beautiful city of Strasbourg.

0:52.6

Last year, the Prime Minister told us that there wasn't going to be a general election,

0:57.0

and then there was.

0:59.0

This week, she told her she wasn't going to pull the meaningful vote, and then she did.

1:03.0

Can I ask her now if she's going to rule out having a general election and a people's vote?

1:08.0

Mr. Minister?

1:10.0

Yes, can I say to the Honourable Lady, first of all, that I think that a general election

1:14.6

at this point in time would not be in the national interest in the middle of our negotiations.

1:21.6

And secondly, as she will have heard me say before in this House, I think we should respect

1:31.3

the result of the referendum that took place in 2016.

1:34.3

Nigel Mills.

1:36.3

Given what we could call uncertainty about the future of the withdrawal agreement,

1:41.3

because the Prime Minister give people some certainty, that's EU nationals in the UK, that whatever happens to that deal, they will be allowed to stay

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