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Yesterday in Parliament

Yesterday in Parliament 30 April 2026

Yesterday in Parliament

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🗓️ 30 April 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

A last PMQs of this session of Parliament

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0:00.0

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0:05.4

Hello, I'm Sean Curran, and this is yesterday in Parliament from BBC Radio 4.

0:11.3

On Wednesday, the 29th of April, Parliament was formally paroched,

0:16.3

ahead of next week's elections in England, Wales and Scotland.

0:20.0

But before MPs left Westminster,

0:22.4

there was just time for a final session of Prime Minister's questions.

0:27.1

There was an end of term feel to this week's Prime Minister's questions.

0:33.8

Labour MPs gave Sarkier Stama and the Chancellor Rachel Reeves a noisy welcome

0:38.9

as they entered the chamber and took their seats for the final set of exchanges

0:43.3

before this session of Parliament, which began in July 24 in the wake of the general election,

0:50.2

closed with a ceremony in the House of Lords.

0:53.4

The Prime Minister was in a reflective mood.

0:56.6

In this session of Parliament, this Labour Government has delivered

0:59.1

the biggest upgrade in workers' rights in a generation,

1:02.6

the biggest improvement in renter's rights in a generation,

1:06.7

and more action than any other government to tackle child poverty.

1:13.1

The King's speech, I look forward to setting out what more we will do to change our country for the better.

1:18.5

The King's speech will be on Wednesday the 13th of May.

1:22.1

Before that, there is the not-so-small matter of the biggest set of elections since the general election.

1:28.6

Millions of people in England, Scotland and Wales will get the chance to vote next week.

1:33.8

We come to the leader of the opposition, Camillebitton.

1:38.1

And the Conservative leader was less impressed with the Prime Minister's record.

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