Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 19 April 2023

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 19 April 2023

⏱️ 33 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. The Leader of the Opposition, Sir Keir Starmer MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If a minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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0:00.0	We now come to Prime Minister's questions.
0:02.0	Abner Pogasari.
0:03.0	Yes.
0:04.0	Question number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:07.0	Mr. Speaker, later today I will return to Belfast to mark the 25th anniversary of the Belfast Good Friday Agreement.
0:15.0	It's an opportunity to thank some of the leading architects of peace for their courage and the pivotal role they
0:21.4	play to set the groundwork for a better future for the people of Northern Ireland.
0:25.9	We will also commemorate those who are no longer with us.
0:28.4	Mr Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others in addition
0:32.3	to my duties in this House.
0:33.8	I shall have further such meetings later today.
0:35.9	Mr. President, Pung to Sauri.
0:37.4	Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We're in the middle of a housing crisis,
0:41.6	with mortgages soaring, rents rising and house building set to a post low.
0:49.2	And just last week, with an interview with the Conservative Home, the Prime Minister admitted his disastrous
0:55.7	decision to dropped housing targets to appease Tory party members.
1:02.7	Can the Prime Minister please explain to the House why the views of a thousand members
1:08.2	are more important to aspiring homeowners homeowners families across the country.
1:13.6	Yes.
1:15.6	Mr. Speaker, on this side of the House, we believe in empowering local communities to make
1:21.6	the decisions that are right for them and to protect their green spaces.
1:24.6	The place where most acutely warehouse building is not
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