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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions - 7 September 2022

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

4.593 Ratings

🗓️ 7 September 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

The Prime Minister, Liz Truss MP, took questions from MPs in the House of Commons on 7 September 2022. Want to find out more about what's happening in the House of Commons this week? Follow @HouseofCommons on Twitter, and @UKHouseofCommons on Facebook and Instagram for more.

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questions, I would like to point out that British Sign Language interpretation proceedings

0:05.0

is available to watch on Parliament Live TV.

0:08.0

I'd also like to take this opportunity to welcome the new Prime Minister to a place.

0:14.0

And I know she won't ensure that any statements will be made in the House first.

0:21.6

We now come to number one and we start with Paul Hamilton.

0:28.6

Paulette.

0:29.6

Question number one.

0:31.6

Mr. Speaker number one.

0:33.6

Mr. Speaker, I'm honoured to take my place as Prime Minister in this House and to take on responsibility at a vital time for our country.

0:48.3

I am determined to deliver for everybody across our United Kingdom. I will work constructively with all members of this House to tackle the challenges we face.

1:01.0

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

1:06.0

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

1:15.8

Thank you, Mr Speaker. Can I warmly welcome the Prime Minister to her place? It's her first PMQ and it's also mine.

1:27.7

In a leaked audio tape, the Prime Minister

1:31.2

is heard saying that British workers need to put

1:35.1

in more graft and that they are

1:38.6

lacking in skill and application.

1:42.3

She also wants to take away their basic workers' rights. In my

1:47.4

Erdington constituency, the latest figures from the Commons Library show that children,

1:54.7

over 7,000 households are living in child poverty, and that 68% of those households have working parents.

2:05.6

So does the Prime Minister believe that thousands of working parents on low income in my community should just put in more graft.

2:19.7

I congratulate the Honourable Lady on her first Prime Minister's question.

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