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Prime Minister's Questions

Wednesday 9 November 2011

Border controls and youth unemployment were on the agenda at today’s PMQs

The Prime Minister also took questions on Remembrance Poppies and the eurozone.

Watch PMQs again on the Parliament website (opens in new window)

Question-by-question guide

The Prime Minister answered questions on:

  • consumer confidence
  • border controls
  • UK Border Agency staff numbers
  • the Royal Marines
  • Royal Bank of Scotland
  • RAF Scampton
  • youth unemployment
  • skills for young people
  • Remembrance Poppies 
  • family breakdown
  • Palestine
  • Winter Fuel Payment
  • voter registration
  • park home residents
  • social mobility
  • trade unions
  • unemployment
  • eurozone
  • G20
  • European treaties

Extra information

Prime Minister’s Questions is an opportunity for MPs from all parties to question the Prime Minister on any subject, although they usually focus on the key issues of the day.

The half-hour session, which takes place on Wednesdays while Parliament is in session, starts with a routine question from an MP about the Prime Minister’s engagements.