Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) - 7 June 2023

Official Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) Podcast

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🗓️ 7 June 2023

⏱️ 35 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	Let us now start with questions to Deputy Prime Minister David Johnson.
0:05.0	Question number one, Mr. Speaker.
0:07.0	Prime Minister.
0:08.0	Thank you, Mr Speaker. I have been asked to reply.
0:15.0	My right honourable friend, the Prime Minister, is in Washington at the invitation of President Biden. They will be discussing
0:23.1	cooperation on a range of issues, including AI and global trade, and of course continuing
0:30.8	our leadership in galvanising international support for the people of Ukraine.
0:36.6	Mr. Speaker, this week is Carers Week. I know that colleagues international support for the people of Ukraine.
0:43.1	Mr. Speaker, this week is Carers Week. I know that colleagues across the House will wish to join me in paying tribute to the huge contribution unpaid carers make to our society.
0:50.3	This morning, I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.
0:55.5	In addition to my duties in this House, I shall have further such meetings later today.
1:00.2	David Jones.
1:01.2	Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
1:02.5	At the election, the Labour Party committed to abolishing Sats, Academy, Schools and
1:07.1	Ofsted, three policies given to them by an education union that also opposed this government's
1:13.0	use of phonics. And yet, thanks to this government's use and focus on phonics, English primary
1:20.4	school children have just been ranked the best readers in Europe.
1:26.6	So does my right honourable friend agree with me? This is another example of why on this side of the house we have policy to meet the needs of children rather than meet the demands of trade unions.
1:36.3	It won't surprise my honourable friend to hear that I absolutely agree with him.
1:46.0	Driving up literacy rates is central to our plan to grow the economy.
1:51.0	So I'm delighted at those latest figures showing that children in England are the best readers in the Western world.
1:59.0	Why is that, Mr. Speaker? Because since 2010, we've raised the number of schools rated good or outstanding by nearly
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