Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 24 January 2024

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 36 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 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, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. Want to find out more about what's happening in the House of Commons this week? Follow the House of Commons on: Twitter: www.twitter.com/HouseofCommons Facebook: www.facebook.com/ukhouseofcommons Instagram: www.instagram.com/ukhouseofcommons

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0:00.0	We now come to Prime Minister's questions, Richard Thompson.
0:04.0	Yes.
0:05.0	Number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:07.0	Mr. Speaker, I know that members from across the House will want to join me in offering
0:12.0	our best wishes to His Majesty, the King and Her Royal Highness, the Princess of Wales.
0:17.0	Mr. Speaker, this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. In addition to my duties in this House, this afternoon, I should be meeting the extraordinary
0:25.6	100-year-old Holocaust survivor, Lily Ebert.
0:28.6	Lily promised that if she survived Auschwitz, she would tell the world the truth of what happened.
0:34.6	Never has such a promise been so profoundly fulfilled. And as we prepare
0:39.0	to mark Holocaust Memorial Day on Saturday, I'm sure the whole House will join me in
0:43.3	reaffirming our promise to Lily that we will never forget the Holocaust and we will carry
0:47.8	forward her life's work for generations to come.
0:51.3	Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And can I echo the Prime Minister's comments on World Holocaust Day?
0:57.3	My constituents, like all of our constituents, rely on the Royal Mail to deliver important
1:02.1	items of mail and packages and for people to run their businesses.
1:05.6	So they'll be very alarmed to learn of proposals from Ofcom that Royal Mail might be allowed
1:10.3	to cut the number of days
1:12.3	that they might be able to, that they will provide that service. Can the Prime Minister
1:16.5	give a commitment to me here today that under his watch there will be no reduction in postal
1:21.2	services provided by the Royal Mail in Scotland or anywhere else?
1:24.7	Yes, Mr Speaker, I agree about the importance of the Royal Mail's Universal Service
1:30.6	obligation and as you will have heard from the Minister this morning, we remain absolutely
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