Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 6 December 2023

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 6 December 2023

⏱️ 43 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	And so we proceed to questions to the Prime Minister, Sir Michael Fabricant.
0:11.0	Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. Question number one.
0:15.0	Madam Deputy Speaker, can I welcome you to your place and I know the whole House will wish the Speaker a speedy recovery.
0:21.0	Before I answer my Honourable Friends question, I know the whole House will also want
0:24.5	to join me in offering our condolences to the family and friends of Alastair Darling,
0:29.5	Glenys Kinnic and Lord James Douglas Hamilton.
0:32.6	They made each an enormous contribution to public life and will be deeply missed. Madam Deputy Speaker, the Hillsborough families have suffered multiple injustices.
0:41.3	The loss of 97 lives, the blaming of the fans and the unforgivable institutional defensiveness by public bodies.
0:49.3	I am profoundly sorry for what they have been through.
0:52.3	Today the Government has published its response to Bishop James Jones' report to ensure
0:57.0	the pain and the suffering of the Hillsborough families is not repeated.
1:01.0	I am immensely grateful they have shared their experiences.
1:04.0	I hope to meet them in the new year and the Justice Secretary will make an oral statement after PMQs.
1:09.0	Turning to Honourable Friends' question, the Government is continuing to work closely with
1:13.3	the Mayor of the West Midlands to fully develop his plans to deliver growth.
1:16.9	Sir Michael Fabricant.
1:18.9	Well, firstly, may I join the Prime Minister in his comments about the Hillsborough
1:24.4	families.
1:25.4	It's thanks to Margaret Thatcher and her robust treatment of militant
1:34.8	trade unions in the West Midlands, her contribution of £10 billion at today's prices to the motor industry in the West Midlands that
1:46.6	iconic names like Jaguar and Land Rover still exist.
1:52.8	So does the Prime Minister share my boundless joy that on the road to Damascus and in recognition of her great heritage and all that she achieved,
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