PMQs Live – Govt will introduce an independent football regulator – PM
End of PMQs – stay tuned for the Chancellor’s spring statement
Shailesh Vara (Con) says it is 50 years since the UK took in the Ugandan Asians. Will the PM learn the lessons from the success of that scheme?
PM says the UK is “overwhelmingly generous” to refugees.
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Mary Kelly Foy (Lab) says working people are being hammered by this government. She refers to the DWP job losses, as well as P&O. Why won’t the PM stop local communities loing high-quality jobs.
PM says the government is helping people get back to work.
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Andrew Percy (Con) asks about anti-semitism in universities.
PM says for too long universities have been tolerant of casual antisemitism. This must be rooted out, he says.
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Labour’s Rebecca Long-Bailey says the Mirror newspaper uncovered data showing the govt may have given wrong figures about people exposed to radiation through nuclear testing in the past.
PM says his office is organising a proper meeting on the issue.
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Labour’s Naz Shah asks if the PM will add a new stop in Bradford – in regards to the northern rail plan.
PM says govt is looking at how it can ensure high-speed rail goes to Bradford.
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Labour’s Graham Stringer says the FA refuses to move final from Wembley to the north – even though there’s a lack of trains and it’ll be bad for the environment for many people to travel to London. He asks will the PM legislate for an independent regulator for football?
PM says the government will introduce an independent football regulator.
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