PMQs today: Rishi Sunak says he regrets making Gavin Williamson a Cabinet minister - who won PMQs?

Prime Minister’s Questions will take place at its usual time of midday (12noon), with the session lasting for about half an hour.

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Sir Keir Starmer is very likely to ask Rishi Sunak about his decision to appoint Sir Gavin Williamson as Minister without Portfolio.

Williamson is said to have sent offensive text messages to former chief whip Wendy Morton, as well bullying other colleagues. Williamson has maintained that he has not taken part in any wrongdoing.

Sunak, who was warned that the MP had a formal complaint lodged against him 24 hours before he took office, had previously said that he had “total confidence” in the MP amid the bullying allegations.

Sunak has already been under fire for his Cabinet appointments after promising to restore trust within his party. Before Williamson was hitting the headlines, Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced questions over her re-appointment to the role, which happened only six days after she was forced to resign over a security breach.

While Braverman stood firm in her role, Williamson has bowed out amid the investigation into his conduct. The investigation into his behaviour will continue.

Sir Keir Starmer starts by asking about Gavin Williamson.

He says: “The member for South Staffordshire [Williamson] told another member to ‘slit their throat’. How does the PM think the victim of that bullying felt when he expressed great sadness at his resignation?”

Sunak says that he was not aware of the specifics of Williamson’s behaviour.

He says: “Unequivically, the behaviour was unacceptable and it is absolutely right that Williamson has resigned. For the record, I did not know about any of the specific concerns relating to his conduct as secretary of state or Chief Whip.”

He adds that these are principles which the government will stand by.

Starmer says that Williamson “spent years courting the idea that he could intimidate others, blurring the lines to normalise bullying behaviour - it’s precisely why the PM gave him a job”.

The Labour leader has called Williamson a “pathetic bully” adding that “he would never get away with it if people like the PM didn’t hand him power”.

Starmer asks: “Does he regret his decision to make him a government minister?”

Rishi Sunak has said he “obviously regrets appointing someone who has had to resign in these circumstances”.

He says the British people want to know that “when situations like this arise they will be dealt with properly”.

He adds that’s why it’s right Williamson resigned and there will be an investigation into it.

Starmer continues on the theme of Gavin Williamson, who, he says, is a “sad middle-manager getting off on intimidating those beneath him”.

He says the Prime Minister is the “boss who is so weak, worried the bullies will turn on him so he hides behind them”.

Starmer asks what message it sent that Sunak “thanked” Williamson for his loyalty.

Rishi Sunak appeared not to realise it was his time to answer, and took several seconds to get up to the dispatch box.

He says the message he wants to send is that “integrity in public life matters”.

He adds it’s important that the government continues to deal with issues affecting the whole country.

Starmer says that because Sunak can’t stand up to a “run of the mill bully he has no chance in standing up to vested interests for working people”.

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