Keir Starmer asks why Home Secretary is still in post.

Priti Patel has apologised, the PM says. He says he “makes no apology” for sticking by the Home Secretary.

Starmer says any other PM would have sacked Priti Patel, and any other Home Secretary would have resigned.
PM says he’d take criticisms of his leadership from Keir Starmer if the Labour leader could explain why Jeremy Corbyn is still a member of the Labour Party.

Keir Starmer replies he is tackling difficult issues in his party, while the PM is “running away” from issues in his.
Starmer asks how much money has been wasted on PPE that can’t be used.

PM says this line of attack is the “feeblest”, accusing the Labour leader of flip-flopping about what he is demanding.

Starmer moves on to conflicts of interest when it comes to the awarding of contracts.
PM says the Government is taking the tough decisions so that the country can bounce back.
Ian Blackford goes on foreign aid, and cut from 0.7% to 0.5%.

PM says we can be “incredibly proud” of its foreign aid support.

But doesn’t deny there will be a cut.

Blackford: “Whilst we are in the same storm, some countries have better life rafts.”
Blackford makes point that it will be impossible to defeat Covid-19 if it’s still prevalent in developing countries.

PM comes back that the UK is in the lead when it comes to developing a vaccine that can be used around the world.

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