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[Ian S Derbyshire @iansderbyshire]

Vital that young people have a broadly-based education...

#STEAM

not just

#STEM subjects

#RaisingStandards

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[Portcullis @Portcullis_says]

Anna Soubry asks PM about media naming those accused of crimes prior to charges being brought and her Private Members Bill to change the law. Unusually does NOT ask about Brexit. #PMQs

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Sir Hugo Swire asks PM to intervene in Select Committee investigation into Windrush and the conduct of the Civil Servants involved in briefing Home Office ministers to ensure answers are found. #PMQs

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Philip Hammond looks particularly unmoved by #PMQs even by Philip Hammond standards. It seems like he and a few other Conservatives have reached a state of post-exhaustion zen.

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David Davis suddenly looks very out of place so high up in the backbenches. Asks PM to publish text on options for fallback options if a comprehensive trade deal is not negotiated. PM answers and thanks him for his service again. Fairly uneventful exchange. #PMQs

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John Woodcock, having just quit the Labour Party and now sitting as an independent, asks the PM about rail services in the North. #PMQs

[Laura Kuenssberg @bbclaurak]

May finishes with a pop at Corbyn over Labour’s antisemitism mess - she seems to have got a new lease of life after winning (just) last night

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May finally gets a supportive question from her backbench, praising her Brexit position. #PMQs

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May actually appears to be surviving at the Dispatch Box despite Corbyn's better than usual line of questions. We'll see if she can keep her head out of water with more questions from her own backbenchers. #PMQs

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May suggest Corbyn "withdraw" what she interpreted as accusations about her ministers regarding Electoral Commission judgements about Vote Leave electoral fraud. #pmqs

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Theresa May's own backbencher with q3 at #pmqs asks when it was decided that "Brexit means Remain". But Corbyn doesn't use it to his advantage instead focusing on Vote Leave accusations. Corbyn also seems to be stuggling with a cough.

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Beast of Bolsover asks second question about miners' pensions and last question of #pmqs

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Caroline Lucas chooses to focus on rail chaos at #PMQs Lidington unsuprisingly does not echo her suggestion that Grayling should be sacked

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Plenty of empty seats at #pmqs. That's what happens when the headliners pull out..

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Darren Jones calls for judge-led inquiry into EU referendum at #PMQs

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Wes Streeting criticises "cruel" welfare policies of Govt at #pmqs citing case of rape victim denied enhanced rate because she wasn't anxious or depressed enough at her interview

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Srebinica massacre anniversary covered by Lidington at #pmqs.

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Two pro-Remain internationalists are facing off about two different ways of leaving the EU at #pmqs

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Perhaps Thornberry is using this opportunity to put the questions that Corbyn never felt comfortable enough to ask on Brexit and Custom Union membership.

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Emily Thornberry's entrance made a little awkward by Speaker announcing immediately prior that two members of the Osmond family are in the gallery. Thornberry uses England success to mock Cabinet resignations. #pmqs