Prime Minister's Questions - 12 February 2025

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 12 February 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Prime Minister's Question Time, also referred to as PMQs, takes place every Wednesday the House of Commons sits. It gives MPs the chance to put questions to the Prime Minister or a nominated minister. In most cases, the session starts with a routine 'open question' from an MP about the Prime Minister's engagements. MPs can then ask supplementary questions on any subject, often one of current political significance.

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0:00.0	We now come to Prime Minister's questions. Imran Hussain.
0:05.0	Number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:07.0	My Minister.
0:09.0	Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This week we progressed our Borders Bill to deliver counter-terrorism-style
0:14.0	powers to bring vile criminal smuggling gangs to justice.
0:18.0	We also announced a further £350 million to get Britain building and deliver 1.5 million
0:25.6	new homes our country desperately needs, including more affordable homes.
0:30.6	We've slashed red tape that holds businesses and working people back, creating 10,000 more
0:35.6	apprentices.
0:36.6	This morning I have meetings with ministerial
0:39.0	colleagues and others. In addition to my two-saintiffs' house, I shall have further such meetings
0:43.3	later today.
0:44.1	I'm going to say, Mr. Speaker. I was proud to have played my part in helping
0:51.5	draft what has now become the Employment Rights Bill. A new poll
0:55.7	shows three quarters of the British public back the stronger rights for workers in the
1:01.3	bill, including better sick pay. Yet that lot over there, the Tories and reform, disgracefully voted against it.
1:13.6	In fact, the leader of the opposition doesn't even believe in maternity pay or the living wage.
1:20.9	Mr. Speaker, our statutory sick pay is ranked one of the lowest in Europe.
1:24.9	It needs to be brought in line with the living wage.
1:27.6	So will the Prime Minister back my campaign to strengthen this bill further so sick pay is
1:32.5	at the level that finally stops punishing workers for being sick?
1:39.3	Our plan for change to live is the biggest upgrade in workers' rights in a generation to our
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