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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, Sir Keir Starmer MP, 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, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

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, Sir Keir Starmer MP, 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, Kemi Badenoch MP, asks six questions and the leader of the second largest opposition party asks two. If another minister takes the place of the Prime Minister, opposition parties will usually nominate a shadow minister to ask the questions.

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Former Cabinet ministers, Rt. Hon George Osborne CH and Rt. Hon Sir Vince Cable, appear in front of MPs as the Treasury Committee continues its series looking ahead to the Chancellors’ November Budget.

Members of the Committee seek the views of both witnesses based on their experiences in government, with George Osborne serving as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2010 – 2016 and Sir Vince Cable as Secretary of State for Business from 2010 – 2015.

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Journalists from the Times, the Mail and the Independent will give opening evidence on the Afghan data breach and on the super-injunction that prohibited reporting of the Afghan data breach for nearly two years will give evidence to the Defence Committee.

Holly Bancroft from the Independent, Larisa Brown from the Times, and Sam Greenhill from the Daily Mail, will appear together.

Members are likely to ask for the witnesses’ personal perspective on the unprecedented use of a super-injunction to protect those affected by the data breach, which also suppressed public debate and media and parliamentary scrutiny of the breach and the Government’s response to it.

The witnesses are also likely to be asked about the risk of Afghans who worked with UK forces being targeted for reprisals due to the data breach, as well as more generally.

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MPs and Peers will explore the nature of the UK’s relationship with China amid fierce ongoing debate about the UK’s approach.

The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy will explore how the government is balancing its desires to develop new dialogues with China on certain issues with strengthening resilience against the security challenges China poses to the UK.

Witnesses will include Chris Patten, former governor of Hong Kong, Lord Sumption, former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and Isabel Hilton OBE, Chair of the Great Britain China Centre.

Members are likely to ask how the UK’s stance fits into wider foreign policy goals, whether it is aligned with its partners, including in the G7, on China, and whether it can learn lessons from the approach taken by other countries.

Members are also likely to ask how effective UK legislation is at addressing threats posed by China such as espionage, interference, transnational repression and intellectual property theft.

This session is part of the Committee’s inquiry into the UK’s National Security Strategy and how adequately it addresses the challenges facing the UK, but it follows the Committee’s two recent sessions on government and ministerial decision-making in relation to espionage cases.

It also comes as the government delayed a planning decision on a controversial new Chinese embassy on the site of the former Royal Mint in London.

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What checks did the Government undertake when appointing Peter Mandelson as UK Ambassador to the US?

In this session, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service, Sir Chris Wormald, and Permanent Under-Secretary at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), Sir Oliver Robbins, will give evidence on the vetting and clearance of Lord Mandelson to the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Members will seek to understand the processes behind the clearance and vetting of Lord Mandelson and where these processes fell down. Questions are likely to cover whether due diligence should have uncovered the association between Lord Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein.

The session is likely to explore the question of whether the Foreign Affairs Committee should routinely undertake pre-appointment hearings for political ambassadorial appointments.

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The Petitions Committee has scheduled a debate relating to consumer law and videogames.

Ben Goldsborough MP has been asked by the Committee to open the debate. The Government will send a Minister to respond.

Read the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/702074

Find petitions you agree with, and sign them: https://petition.parliament.uk/

What are petition debates?

Petition debates are ‘general’ debates which allow MPs from all parties to discuss the important issues raised by one or more petitions, and put their concerns to Government Ministers.

Petition debates don’t end with a vote to implement the request of a petition. This means that MPs will not vote on the issues raised in the petition at the end of the debate.

The Petitions Committee can only schedule debates on petitions to parliament started on petition.parliament.uk

Find out more about how petition debates work: https://committees.parliament.uk/committee/326/petitions-committee/content/194347/how-petitions-debates-work/

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75 years ago this week, the rebuilt House of Commons Chamber was opened following its destruction during the Second World War.

To mark the anniversary, MPs gathered to commemorate this historic moment.

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Made from pale green Westmoreland slate, sourced from the Lake District’s Elterwater quarry, this 500-million-year-old stone is helping restore one of Parliament’s most iconic buildings. 🪨

This milestone repair of Norman Shaw North is part of wider works to preserve the Palace of Westminster. Supporting jobs and skills across the UK, these works ensure the Parliamentary estate remains safe, sustainable, and fit for the future.

#PreservingThePalace

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Source: United Kingdom UK Parliament (video statements)

Made from pale green Westmoreland slate, sourced from the Lake District’s Elterwater quarry, this 500-million-year-old stone is helping restore one of Parliament’s most iconic buildings.

This milestone repair of Norman Shaw North is part of wider works to preserve the Palace of Westminster. Supporting jobs and skills across the UK, these works ensure the Parliamentary estate remains safe, sustainable, and fit for the future.

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