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Mark D'Arcy
Parliamentary Correspondent

As 91Èȱ¬ Secretary, the PM helped backed new laws targeting Modern Slavery. MPs Anne Marie Morris and Vernon Coaker (chair of the all party Group on this issue) both point to loopholes and failings in that legislation.

The PM has a detailed answer at her fingertips, but the exchanges highlight the level of parliamentary concern over people trafficking and modern slavery

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Labour MP and former 91Èȱ¬ Office Minister Vernon Coaker says there were 2,120 children identified as "potential victims of child slavery" in 2017.

However, he adds, "we have no idea" how many go missing, are deported or "re-trafficked".

Mr Coaker calls for better reporting.

Theresa May says the government does not deport unaccompanied child asylum seekers unless it is sure there are adequate systems in place to receive them in their destination country.

If not, they are granted leave to remain in the UK until they are 17, she tells the House.

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Labour's Bridget Phillipson says that in the past few minutes, . She asks if there needs to be a clear role for government on providing guidance to social media companies on how they behave in the UK democracy.

Mrs May says she welcomes the announcement. The 91Èȱ¬ Secretary Amber Rudd, has been working with these companies in ensuring that extremist material is taken down, she adds.

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Labour's Bill Esterson accuses the government of giving the wealthiest "handouts to fund an already lavish lifestyle" by "taking crumbs off the table" of those on universal credit and families entitled to free school meals.

Theresa May tells him the wealthiest pay "the biggest share of tax" and it was the Conservative Party which introduced the bank levy.

She says £19bn will be raised from the banks over next five years.

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Virendra Sharma says this year marks the 99th anniversary of a massacre in the Jallianwala Bagh city park - more commonly known as the Amritsar massacre.

He calls for this "shameful episode" from the UK's colonial history to be remembered.

Theresa May tells him she will respond to him in writing.

The question of whether the UK should apologise for the massacre was

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Conservative Andrew Selous says that 3,157 medical students are going into GP practice this year but that the government is still losing too many GPs in their mid-50s due to the tax penalties on their old pension scheme.

Mrs May says the NHS pension scheme is one the best occupational defined benefit pension schemes, adding that the Chancellor Philip Hammond was listening to his question.

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Labour's Jack Dromey says Melrose is "determined" to stage a "hostile takeover" of engineering firm GKN and asks Theresa May to intervene.

Mrs May points out that the government has overseen changes to the takeover code and there is "a narrow range of scenarios where ministers can intervene" but they will always act in the national interest.

Mark D'Arcy
Parliamentary Correspondent

SNP leader Ian Blackford raises Clause 11 of the European Union Withdrawal Bill.

It deals with powers to be passed from the EU to the devolved administrations after Brexit – everything from agriculture and fisheries to energy.

It's a highly contentious, and highly technical issue – which seems certain to be a big flashpoint as the bill continues.

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SNP leader at Westminster Ian Blackford pays tribute to the family and friends of Stephen Hawking.

He goes on to say that for months the devolved adminstrations have been waiting for amendments to Clause 11 of the Brexit bill but only now have they been published.

Mrs May says the reason why it took months was because they were talking to the devolved administrations.

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SNP Westminster leader Ian Blackford said the PM had previously claimed the UK was made up of equal partners, yet he says the Conservatives want to destroy the settlement that the Scottish Parliament provides for.

Theresa May says the Tories have given more powers to the Scottish government as well as the Welsh Assembly as a result of the powers around Brexit.

The social network deletes the group's official page as well as those of its two leaders.

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Conservative Richard Graham raises the issue of funding for women's refuges, to which the PM says the government will ring-fence funding.

"No refuges should worry about closing," she said.

Mark D'Arcy
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Ho-hum…. This kind of shouty exchange about NHS funding is repeated at every other PMQs. Does this kind of thing swing a single vote or change a single mind?

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Jeremy Corbyn again quotes Stephen Hawking and says the numbers of doctors and nurses are "inadequate".

The PM bats back that under the Conservatives there are 14,500 more doctors and 13,900 more nurses on the wards.

"It's always ordinary people who pay the price of Labour," she said.