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The main points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday 16 May from 1200 BST: The main points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 16 May, from 1200 BST:
  • Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, standing in for Tony Blair who is in America, said MPs' thoughts were with the family of missing child Madelaine McCann.
  • Richard Spring, for the Conservatives asked about the Millennium Dome, quoting Mr Prescott, who said at the time "if we can't get this right we can't do anything".
  • Mr Prescott said Labour had inherited a "terrible Tory mess" with the Dome but, he added, "98%" of the people who visited it liked it.
  • William Hague, standing in for Conservative leader David Cameron, agreed with what Mr Prescott had said about the McCann family.
  • Mr Hague said Mr Prescott would be "missed" by the Tories and "wished him well in his retirement" after 37 yeas in the Commons.
  • Mr Prescott said he was not leaving the Commons and said it was nice to hear he would be missed. He said he would not be "whingeing on the backbenches" when he retired from the frontbench "as I hear some of my colleagues doing from time to time".
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