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Dawn Butler (Lab) asks about Black History Month. She says she is going to a Temptations event organised by the Speaker to mark this. Will the Commons hold a debate on this?

Starmer says he probably should not be going to an event called Temptations at the moment. But he says he is glad Butler is coming to the Black History Month reception at No 10 tonight he is hosting.

And that was the last question.

Caroline Dinenage (Con) asks about flood prevention in her Gosport constituency.

Starmer says the Tories failed to invest enough in this. The government is setting up a flood resistant taskforce, he says.

Starmer says it is important for MPs to debate assisted dying bill - but fails to commit to giving it all time needed to pass

David Davis (Con) asks about the assisted dying bill. The time constraints will make it hard for MPs to get the bill right. If MPs fail to do this, the consequences will be terrible. Will the government commit to giving the Commons time to debate it properly, as happened with the David Steel abortion bill.

Starmer says it is important to get the bill right. There is a need for a discussion on this important issue, he says.

He says, if the bill gets a second reading, it will go to committee.

But he fails to commit to ensuring that the bill is guaranteed all the time it needs to pass.

Robin Swann (UUP), a former health minister in Northern Ireland, says more people have lost their lives to suicide in Northern Ireland since the 1998 Good Friday agreement than lost their lives to the Troubles.

Starmer says he knows this is problem. The government is addressing this, he says.

Phil Brickell (Lab) asks what the government is doing to help hospices.

Starmer says the government wants everyone to have access to good end-of-life care. The government has told the NHS to commission services from hospices, he says.

Helen Morgan (Lib Dem) asks about road safety, and the rules used to decide when road improvement schemes should go ahead.

Starmer says a new road investment strategy is being planned. He offers Morgan a meeting with a minister.

Starmer accepts children with special educational needs 'are being failed', and says this must change

Julian Smith (Con) asks about special educational needs budgets in Yorkshire.

Starmer says this is an issue of real concern. Children with SEND “are being failed”, he says. The government has to change that, he says. He says he wants to raise standards.

Shivani Raja (Con) asks if the govenrment will do an impact assessment of the decision to put VAT on private school fees.

Starmer says he understands the aspiration of parents sending their children to private schools. But he also understands the aspiration of parents using state schools. The policy is designed to ensure state schools are properly funded, he says.

Starmer says report from government's child poverty taskforce will be published in spring next year

Meg Hillier (Lab) asks when the child poverty taskforce will report.

Starmer says it is appalling that child poverty went up by 700,000 after 2010. The taskforce report will be published in spring next year, he says.

Jim Allister (TUV) says there are more than 300 areas of law in Northern Ireland where law is set by the EU. He claims his constituents are disenfranchised as a result.

Starmer says that is an important issue. The government supports the Windsor framework, he says.

Sam Coates from Sky News has the Rachel Reeves quote that Sunak used at PMQs,