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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions - 17 April 2024

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

4.591 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We now come to Prime Minister's questions.

0:04.0

Sir Lynne Saxby.

0:06.0

Question 1, Mr Speaker.

0:08.0

Mr. Speaker, we are joined today in the gallery by Postmasters Caught Up in the Horizon IT scandal.

0:16.0

It is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in our history.

0:19.0

That is why we have introduced a bill to

0:20.9

quash convictions, delivered schemes, to ensure swift compensation and established an independent

0:26.4

inquiry. Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In

0:30.6

addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.

0:34.6

Sir Lady Sachs.

0:35.6

Mr. Speaker, does my right honourable

0:38.3

agree, towns like Barnstable, the main transport hub in North Devon,

0:41.3

serving hundreds of square miles, should have a fully functioning bus station.

0:44.3

As Livedem Run, North Devon Council has not reopened out since the pandemic,

0:48.3

leaving residents out in the cold with no public facilities.

0:52.3

As people start to feel the difference with tax cuts and falling

0:55.6

inflation, does he agree we should be making it easier for people to use the bus, come to town

1:00.2

and support Barnstable's local economy, and will my right honourable friend join me in calling

1:04.5

on the Lib Dems to get on with reopening the bus station?

1:09.4

Well, Mr Speaker, we know how vital bus services are for communities right across the country.

1:14.7

That's why we're providing Devin with £17 million to deliver better bus services, and we

1:19.7

introduce the £2.5 fare bus cap. But I know, Honourable Friend, the Secretary of State for Transport,

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