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PMQs: Corbyn calls on May to 'come up with a plan' for Brexit – Politics live PMQs: Corbyn calls on May to 'come up with a plan' for Brexit – Politics live
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Here is a fuller account of Corbyn’s attack on May during PMQs accusing her of lacking a Brexit plan:
On Monday, you told the House, ‘We have a plan which is not to set out at every stage of the negotiations the details’.
I’ve been thinking about this for a couple of days. I think when you’re searching for the real meaning and the importance behind the prime minister’s statement, you have to consult the great philosophers.
The only one I could come up with is Baldrick, who says, ‘Our cunning plan is to have no plan’.
Brexit was apparently about taking back control but the devolved governments don’t know the plan, businesses don’t know the plan, Parliament doesn’t know the plan. When will the prime minister abandon this shambolic Tory Brexit and develop a plan that delivers for the whole country?”
Earlier he joked that he feared May would say “Brexit means Brexit” again.
May replied:
You try to poke fun at the phrase ‘Brexit means Brexit’ but the whole point is this - it’s this government that’s listening to the voice of the British people.
Brexit means Brexit, that means we’re coming out of the European Union.
What you try to be doing is frustrating the will of the British people by saying that Brexit means something completely different.
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Tony Robinson has responded on Twitter to being mentioned in PMQ (which has now finished):
Baldrick means Baldrick #pmqs
And in response to May saying he used to be a Labour party member ...
Haven't left, active member for 40 yrs. But if David Davis needs any help with Brexit Baldrick stands ready to serve https://t.co/yMXkKyEJgT
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There is another question about mental health from a Labour MP, this time Luciana Berger who wants to know when there will be “real equality” for mental health.
May says the government is spending record amounts on mental health while acknowledging there is more to do.
After Tory MP Helen Whately praises the PM for mentioning mental health on the steps of Number 10 when taking office, May points out the increasing number of people accessing mental health services and talking therapies since 2010.
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Plaid Cymru MP Hywel Williams asks whether Wales will get a good deal, soft Brexit, like the City of London, suggests the government is picking winners.
The PM says she is committed to ensuring all parts of the UK get a good deal.
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Twickenham Tory MP Tania Mathis criticises the decision to give the green light to a third runway at Heathrow and asks how pollution limits can be complied with.
May says the evidence shows standards can be met.
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Conservative MP Jack Lopresti asks if there are plans to provide specialist medical facilities for Kurdish forces, Peshmerga, in Iraq.Conservative MP Jack Lopresti asks if there are plans to provide specialist medical facilities for Kurdish forces, Peshmerga, in Iraq.
May says there are not.May says there are not.
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Labour MP for Bolton South East, Yasmin Qureshi, asks about human rights abuses in Kashmir.Labour MP for Bolton South East, Yasmin Qureshi, asks about human rights abuses in Kashmir.
May says it is for India and Pakistan to sort out but the Foreign Secretary has heard her representations.May says it is for India and Pakistan to sort out but the Foreign Secretary has heard her representations.
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Alison McGovern, Labour MP for the Wirral, is angry because she believes Theresa May fobbed off her colleague Karl Turner on mental health referring to constituents waits for talking therapies.Alison McGovern, Labour MP for the Wirral, is angry because she believes Theresa May fobbed off her colleague Karl Turner on mental health referring to constituents waits for talking therapies.
Theresa May says she takes the issue vey seriously and looking into availability of and waiting times for talking therapies.Theresa May says she takes the issue vey seriously and looking into availability of and waiting times for talking therapies.
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Labour MP Jim Dowd asks whether the PM about putting mandatory health warnings on alcoholic products in light of this week’s concerning report about excessive consumption, which found women drinking as much as men.Labour MP Jim Dowd asks whether the PM about putting mandatory health warnings on alcoholic products in light of this week’s concerning report about excessive consumption, which found women drinking as much as men.
May says she helped develop the alcohol strategy with industry when Home Secretary.May says she helped develop the alcohol strategy with industry when Home Secretary.
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SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell asks about the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday agreement.SDLP MP Alasdair McDonnell asks about the impact of Brexit on the Good Friday agreement.
The PM assures him it will have no impact.The PM assures him it will have no impact.
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Sir David Amess, Tory, Southend West says now we know, via the Chilcot report, that parliament was misled, does the PM have a “cunning plan” to ensure action is taken.
May says the report found that there was no deliberate attempt to mislead but lessons should be learned.
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Labour MP Karl Turner says his nephew committed suicide last year and attacks waiting times for mental health problems in the NHS.
May says it is a priority and assures him the government is committed to parity of esteem for mental and physical health.
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Bizarrely there is a second question about West Midlands devolution before Helen Hayes, Labour MP for Dulwich and West Norwood, asks if the prime minister will meet with her and sexual abuse survivors to ensure that confidence in the independent inquiry into sex abuse can be restored.
May says it is an independent inquiry so it is up to the inquiry chair to listen to the concerns of victims and survivors but says she will take away the points Hayes has raised and consider them.
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Christopher Chope, Tory, asks about Christchurch and East Dorset councils then the SNP’s Angus Robertson asks about the humanitarian crisis in Aleppo and asks if the prime minister if she will join him in urging Spain to reject the refuelling of Russian ships en route to Syria.
May doesn’t answer the question directly but says pressure should be brought to bear on Russia.
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Corbyn asks if May will stop arms sales to Saudi Arabia given the kingdom’s activities in Yemen.
The PM doesn’t respond directly to the question but highlights the importance of the UK’s relationship with the kingdom.
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Corbyn says with threats of businesses leaving the UK it is imperative that the prime minister “come up with a plan”.
May said she has been very clear that she wants the UK to trade within the single market and restrict free movement. Labour is opposed to free trade but wants unrestricted movement, says May.
In response to Corbyn’s question about the Ireland/Northern Ireland border, May says “no one wants to see a return to the borders of the past”.
Corbyn quotes Baldrick from Blackadder with respect to May’s plan for Brexit:
Our cunning plan is to have no plan.
May says in response that the actor playing Baldrick (Tony Robinson) was a member of the Labour party.
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To laughter, given today’s revelations, May says she has been “very clear” about the aims of Brexit. She also pays tribute to Boles.
To more laughter, Corbyn says he thought for a moment she was going to say “Brexit means Brexit.”
May then chides Corbyn for lampooning her, saying he is trying to make Brexit mean something else.
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Jeremy Corbyn welcomes the child refugees from Calais “we should welcome them, we should love them”. He also pays tribute to Nick Boles MP who announced this morning that he was battling cancer. He asks for clarity over Brexit.
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Conservative MP James Morris encourages the PM to devolve more powers to the West Midlands and praises Tory mayor candidate.
Unsurprisingly May concurs.
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What should we be looking out for in PMQs?
Will Jeremy Corbyn seek to grill Theresa May about her pre-Brexit speech at Goldman Sachs and contrast her comments then with her stance now and also those she made publicly during the referendum campaign?
Other subjects on the table could include Heathrow and Calais.
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