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PMQs live: Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn in Commons for the third time

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Jon Stone
Political Correspondent
Wednesday 14 September 2016 10:38 BST
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Theresa May faces Jeremy Corbyn in the Commons for her third Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday, on a day when the EU and Brexit once again dominated the world of politics.

Jean-Claude Juncker, the EU's most senior official, gave his annual assessment of the "State of the Union" at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in the morning.

In it, he bemoaned the rise of nationalism and "national interests" in the continent, pointing evidently to the UK's decision to leave as an example of this.

He said he accepts but regrets the result of June's referendum, and he urged Britain to get on with declaring its departure "as soon as possible".

Matters of Brexit will inevitably feature in questions from the Commons at noon, but they won't necessarily come from Mr Corbyn himself.

He has preferred to use his questions as Leader of the Opposition to focus on societal issues, most notably dedicating all of last week's session to the housing crisis.

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Before PMQs starts we've got International Development Questions. Priti Patel and her team are taking questions from MPs.

The Speaker has just told off MPs for talking over the session and not listening - he says "some of the most vulnerable people on the face of the planet" deserve MPs' attention.

The Prime Minister will be along in a minute.

Jon Stone14 September 2016 11:59
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Labour's Alex Cunningham asks when the Government will publish its strategy on carbon capture storage for coal power generation. Theresa May says "this has been looked at carefully in the past. One of the key issues around this is the cost. We will continue to invest in the development of CCS".

Jon Stone14 September 2016 12:33

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