and now live to london for british prime minister s question time. each week the house of commons is in session we bring you prime minister boris johnson getting questions from members of the house of commons wednesday morning on c-span2. prior to question time members are finishing up other business. now live to the floor of the british house of commons. the whole house will be with the honorable member. join me in wishing her a speedy recovery. and there will be further meetings. on behalf of my honorable friend my constituents are reeling from the 9% contraction of the economy, unemployment has skyrocketed, the highest in the country. unfortunately we are at the same time facing the idea there could be a congestion forced on 4 million by this government. and they are placing the double whammy of covid-19 and financial ruin. and i respectfully informed the honorable lady, the mayor of london bankrupted, and before it hit and it is a massive black hole, any need to mak
the white house releases details of the phone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president, as democrats launch an impeachment inquiry. a less listening to the prime minister. three years ago, more people voted to leave the european union that have ever voted for any party or proposition and our history. politicians of all parties promised the public they would honour the result, sadly, many have since done all they could to abandon those promises and to overturn that democratic vote. and after three yea rs of democratic vote. and after three years of denver and a delay, the left has cut this country risk of being locked in the eu, government that i lead has been trying truly to get us out. and most people, most supporters of the party opposite to muh regardless of how they voted three years ago think the referendum must be respected. they want to brexit done. i want to brexit done and people want us out on october the 31st. and people want us out on october the sist
question time, prime minister theresa may was asked about the rise of anti-semitism on university campuses and the readiness in triggering article 50, which would initiate the exit from the european union. towards the end, a conservative was sworn into her new seat in the house of commons, replacing jamie reid who stepped down in january. this is 45 minutes. order.corbyn: questions for the prime minister. question one, mr. speaker. minister, theresa may: i am sure the whole house would want to join me in wishing people and the u.k. and across the world, a happy st. david s day. i am also sure that the whole house i am sure the whole house will also want to join me and pay tribute to our former colleague, sir gerald kaufman, who died over the weekend. he was an outstanding parliamentarian. he was a committed mp who dedicated his life to the service of his constituents. as father of the house, his wisdom and experience will be very much missed right across this house. and i
weeks, 25 companies taking part. my right honourable friend agree with me making a good start so we must not be complacent and through midlands engine get good quality jobs? very much agree with what my honourable friend said. if we look at west midlands, take today s unemployment figures the claimant count has come down in the west midlands since 2010 by 91,000 people. i m sure the house would welcome an update on unemployment figuring. employment in our country at new record high of 31.4 million people. compared with 2010, there are now two million 370,000 more people in work than when i became prime minister. claimant count down 18,000 in the last month. figures i m sure welcome right across the house. [shouting] thank you, thank you, mr. speaker. could the prime minister tell the house how many people will die from the disease as a result of air pollution before this country meets its legal obligations on air quality by to 25? 2025. i don t have those figures to han
when i tune in on the weekends, it is usually authors sharing new releases. watching the nonfiction authors on book tv is the best television for serious readers. on c-span they can have a long conversation and delve into the subject. book tv weekends bring you author after author, and spotlight the work of fascinating people. i love the book tv, and diane a c-span fan. coming up next on c-span, the prime minister s questions of the british house of commons. bill clinton campaigns in arizona, on behalf of his wife. at 11:00, another chance to see q&a with director gave brought. gave rock. week at the british house of commons, prime minister david cameron responded to questions on the u.k. energy policy and new employment numbers. he also spoke about education and crime reduction. order. questions to the prime minister. lovely. thank you, mr. speaker, this morning i had meetings with military colleagues and others. i shall have other such meetings later tod