Prime Minister's Questions - 21 July 2021
Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast
UK Parliament
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🗓️ 21 July 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Before we move to Prime Minister's questions, I would like to inform the House that it's been just over 60 years since the first ever PMQs which took place on the 18th of July, 1961. |
| 0:14.0 | On that day, the Speaker at the time was Sir Harry Hilton Foster, who was the last speaker to die in post, so I hope not to introduce that. |
| 0:23.9 | It was introduced PMQs by informing the House that the Prime Minister, Harold Macmillan, |
| 0:28.9 | was willing to try this experiment for the remainder of the session. |
| 0:33.4 | It that be the wish of the House that after 60 years, 12 Prime Ministers, PMQs, has become |
| 0:39.4 | one of the most high-profile events of the Parliamentary Week. |
| 0:43.7 | And he is watched by constituents across the country, followers of UK politics around the |
| 0:49.2 | world. |
| 0:50.2 | I think we can say that the experiment has been a success, depending on who was on the answer. |
| 0:56.8 | But I've got to say, today we mark its 6th anniversary. |
| 1:00.4 | The Prime Minister will join the questions via video link, for obvious reasons, |
| 1:06.1 | demonstrating that Prime Minister's questions on the House can adapt when we need to. |
| 1:13.3 | I'm sure that this final PMQ before the summer recess, |
| 1:15.3 | we will have a robust, |
| 1:17.4 | but orderly exchanges |
| 1:19.1 | and hopefully shortish questions and answers. |
| 1:23.9 | And finally, before we get underway, |
| 1:25.8 | I would like to point out |
| 1:26.9 | that the British Sign Language interpretation Prime Minister primary questions is available to watch on Parliament live TV. |
| 1:32.8 | And please, everyone have a good recess after tomorrow. |
| 1:35.9 | We now come to Sally Ann Hart. |
| 1:38.5 | One, please, Mr Speaker. |
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