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Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 29 March 2023

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

UK Parliament

Government

4.593 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 38 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.

Transcript

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0:00.0

We will include Scottish questions.

0:02.0

And before we commence Prime Minister's questions, I'd like to point out, as ever,

0:08.0

that live subtitles and the British Sign Language Interpretation of Proceedings are available to watch on Parliament live.

0:16.0

.tv.

0:17.0

That's very kind of people to say and to be a little bit quiet. I am aware that

0:22.3

only those watching the British Sign Language interpretation will be able to hear what I was

0:27.0

saying. We now come to questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Bill Wigan.

0:34.9

Question number one.

0:40.3

Deputy Prime Minister.

0:47.1

Madam Deputy Speaker, I've been asked to reply on behalf of my right honourable friend, the Prime Minister, who is attending the funeral of Baroness Betty Boothroyd.

0:51.5

I'm sure the whole House would want to join me in paying tribute

0:54.3

to Baroness Boothroyd, the first female Speaker of the House, and our thoughts and prayers

0:58.4

are with her family.

0:59.3

I'm sure the whole House does join in sending our thoughts and prayers about Baroness Boothroyd,

1:08.0

whom we all held in very high esteem.

1:11.6

Sir Bill Wiggin.

1:12.6

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

1:13.6

Phosphates leaching into the River Y could be stopped by proven phosphate stripping

1:19.6

technology attached to anaerobic digesters.

1:22.6

But Herifordshire Council's bypass hating Green and Independent Group won't support or engage

1:30.0

despite a moratorium on house building.

1:33.2

What can he do to save our river and remove the Council from such a vital, strategic and

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