Prime Minister's Questions - 13 March 2024

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 13 March 2024

⏱️ 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. The Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. Want to find out more about what's happening in the House of Commons this week? Follow the House of Commons on: Twitter: www.twitter.com/HouseofCommons Facebook: www.facebook.com/ukhouseofcommons Instagram: www.instagram.com/ukhouseofcommons

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0:00.0	Questions to Prime Minister Absul Khan?
0:03.0	Question number one.
0:04.0	Prime Minister
0:06.0	Mr Speaker, the Post Office IT scandal is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our nation's history.
0:12.0	And I'm determined that the victims get the justice and redress that they deserve.
0:16.0	Today we're introducing legislation to quash convictions resulting from this scandal.
0:21.7	The Department for Business and Trade will be responsible for the new redress scheme, and
0:25.6	we're widening access to the optional £75,000 payment.
0:29.6	Hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters have fought long and hard for justice.
0:33.6	With this bill, we will deliver it.
0:36.6	Meetings of ministerial colleagues and others, in addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
0:43.3	Absul Kahn.
0:45.3	Mr. Speaker, despite serious opposition from Archbishop of Canterbury, three former Home Secretary and three government ministers' anti-semitism, social cohesion,
0:56.3	and on political violence, the leveling up secretaries due to widen the definition of extremism
1:02.4	tomorrow. Whilst on the bench's opposite, members peddle far-right conspiracy theories about
1:09.1	Islamists and Muslims taking over Britain.
1:12.6	Shouldn't the Prime Minister's priority be getting his own house in order and stepping
1:17.6	out extremism, racism and Islamophobia from within his Conservative Party?
1:24.6	And will the Prime Minister finally take Islamophobia seriously and agree
1:30.2	to the definition?
1:32.2	Mr. Mr. Speaker, discrimination has no place in our society.
1:39.6	And it's important to distinguish between strongly felt political debate on one hand
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