Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 10 May 2023

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 10 May 2023

⏱️ 38 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, Rishi Sunak MP. 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 MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two.

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0:00.0	We now come to questions. Prime Minister Clive Lewis.
0:03.6	Here.
0:05.2	Question number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:06.9	Prime Minister.
0:08.1	Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.
0:11.7	In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
0:16.4	Clive Lewis.
0:17.3	Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
0:18.2	Two years ago, I raised the case of a Norwich army veteran. In such agony, he was forced to pull out 18 of his own teeth because he couldn't get access to a dentist.
0:30.8	The grim fact is, despite repeated promises from the Prime Minister, Norwich and Norfolk, remain dental deserts.
0:38.3	So, Mr. Speaker, dentists excel at extracting rotten teeth.
0:42.3	So will the Prime Minister agree with me?
0:45.3	The only way my constituents will see results is when this rotten government is extracted from office and replaced with a Labour one. Mr. Speaker, I'm very sorry to hear about the Honourable
1:00.0	gentleman's constituent. With regard to dentistry, he'll know there are record sums going
1:04.0	into dentistry and indeed 500 more NHS dentists working today.
1:09.0	Because of the contract reforms that we've put in place,
1:11.9	10% more activity can happen, and DHSC are currently talking about reforming the dentist
1:16.9	contract with the participants in practice to increase activity further.
1:20.7	Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My constituent Gordon, unfortunately, has been suffering, receiving cancer treatment at the Mount Vernon Hospital,
1:31.1	which will soon fall within Sadiq Khan's new Ulaz's book boundaries.
1:35.1	As Gordon continues his daily treatment, he will now be expected to pay £12.50 a charge or buy a new compliant vehicle.
1:43.0	Does the Prime Minister agree with me that the British
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