Badenoch asks why Labour MPs are cheering; if it is going so well, why is the PM resigning.
She asks about Miliband, saying that Starmer gave him a cabinet job,. Miliband has now jumped into bed with Burnham. It is not the first time he has betrayed someone close to him, she says.
Does the PM think Miliband should be chancellor?
Starmer defends his record. He says he and Reeves turned their party around. He says the test for every PM is handing over the country in better shape than you found it. He says he knows he can do that. His Tory predecessors did not, he says.
Alistair Strathern (Lab) asks about Gareth Southgate’s TV documentary about young men,. asks what can be done to ensure there are more male teachers in schools to provide role models.
Starmer says the family hubs programmes will deliver more opportunities for young people.
Richard Foord (Lib Dem) asks if Starmer has any advice for his successor.
Starmer says his advice would be don’t deliver austerity. And, since Foord is a Lib Dem, he would also say don’t wear a wetsuit.
Becky Gittins (Lab) asks about a dance event in her constituency.
Starmer commends her for it, but says he was glad he was not asked to join in.
John Lamont (Con) asks if the PM will set up an inquiry into the SNP embezzlement case.
Starmer says the SNP has serious questions to answer. But it is not addressing them. That is totally the wrong approach, he says.
Alex Baker (Lab) says elderly Gurkha veterans were assaulted at an event in Aldershort. She asks the PM to condemn it.
Starmer says this attack was “utterly disgraceful”. He says the Gurkhas have made a great contribution.
Martin Wrigley (Lib Dem) asks if social media companies should be treated as publishers. not platforms, making them liable for their content.
Starmer sums up actions already taken by the government on social media, but says there is “more to do”.
Ian Lavery (Lab) asks about a miners’ welfare organisation that he says is failing to support groups in miners’ communities.
Starmer says the Charity Commission is investigating this case.
Shockat Adam (Ind) says he is concerned about the safety of his Muslim children. He says there was no outcry in the Commons when a man was convicted of raping a woman because he thought she was Muslim. even though attacks on victims from other racial groups have been condemned.
Starmer says all attacks of this kind should be condemned.
Rachel Hopkins, the Labour MP for Luton South. South Befordshire, praises the emergency services for their work in response to the rail crash last week.
Starmer says they did an “outstanding job”. He says he found their work “humbling”.
Jack Rankin (Con) says defence is the first duty of the government. He says the UK must tell Nato allies what it will do. He asks about reports that Andy Burnham wants its publication delayed.
Starmer says defence of the realm was a duty the last government failed at. He says the defence investment plan will be published before the Nato summit.
Desmond Swayne (Con) asks if there will be time for PM to tell his party about the moral of the tale about Jim, who ran away from his nurse. was eaten by a lion.
Starmer ignores the question, but says he recalls the time that Swayne came to visit him when he was on holiday in Swayne’s New Forest West constituency,. he thanks him for his kindness.
Liz Saville Roberts, the Plaid Cymru leader, at Westminster, says Labour losing power in Wales is part of Starmer’s legacy. She urges Starmer to leave a note for his successor saying he should treat Wales with more respect.
Starmer says he will leave a note saying he delivered the biggest devolution settlement for Wales in years,. removed 70,000 Welsh children from poverty.
Fleur Anderson (Lab) asks what the government is doing to improve resilience to climate change.
Starmer says the government is building up resilience. But the Tories want to rip up the Climate Change Act, he says.
Ed Davey. the Lib Dem leader, says he knows how difficult it was for the PM to make the statement he did on Monday. He says MPs should remember that “we are all human”.
Saying we all know how hard it is when relationships break down,. when you cannot even speak to your neighbour sometimes, does the PM recognise the case for rebuilding relations with the EU?
Starmer says the UK has reset relations with the EU, and he says he is proud of that. He says Davey has reflected on his own career. Referring to Davey saying he turned down a job with MI6, he jokes about 00 Davey.
Davey says we are seeing travel chaos because of the weather. The Met Office says extreme weather will get worse. Will the PM advise Burnham to ignore parties that are ignoring the dangers of climate change.
Starmer says it used to be common ground in the Commons that action on climate change is needed. He says it is a shame that the Tories have abandoned this to chase Reform UK votes.
Badenoch says Starmer has made many mistakes. But he has been let down by his chancellor and his energy secretary and his MPs too. They have abandoned him for “a pair of eyelashes and a black t-shirt”.
Starmer defends his record, and says this was changed delivered by a Labour government.
Badenoch says Labour MPs are cheering, even though there are “400 knives” in Starmer’s back.
She says Labour MPs blocked welfare reform. “They are not Labour MPs, they are welfare MPs.”
Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, intervenes. Referring to the knives remark, he says MPs should think about the language they use.
Starmer says he is proud of his MPs. He inflicted the biggest loss on the Tories in the history of their party. Badenoch won’t talke about her party’s failure.
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