Prime Minister's Questions: 15 March 2017

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🗓️ 15 March 2017

⏱️ 39 minutes

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The Prime Minister, Theresa May, answered questions from MPs in the House of Commons on Wednesday 15 March 2017.

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0:00.0	and discuss this further. I'm more than willing to do that.
0:03.5	Order. Questions to the Prime Minister?
0:06.7	Hugh Merriman.
0:09.3	Question number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:11.2	The Prime Minister.
0:12.5	Thank you. Mr. Speaker, I'm sure members will want to join me
0:16.1	in wishing people across the UK and around the world
0:18.4	a happy St Patrick's Day this coming Friday.
0:21.6	Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.
0:25.6	In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
0:30.6	Hugh Merriman.
0:31.6	Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
0:33.6	With my Irish blood, can I also wish a happy St Patrick's Day. Mr Speaker, I welcome the announcement from this government that we will abide by the letter of our manifesto and also the spirit.
0:45.3	Mr. Speaker, will the Prime Minister agree with me that as we move towards balancing the books, we must ensure
0:56.1	we have a fair and sustainable tax system in place.
0:59.0	Prime Minister...
1:02.0	Well, I'd like to thank my honourable friend for this question.
1:06.0	We made a commitment not to raise tax and we put our commitment into the tax lock and the measures
1:13.4	we put forward in the budget last week were consistent with those locks.
1:17.6	But as a number of my parliamentary colleagues have been pointing out in recent days, there is...
1:33.3	Order, this is intolerable.
1:36.3	The answer is from the Prime Minister.
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