Westminster today: Theresa May promises 'appropriate' response if Russia is behind Sergei Skripal poisoning - as it happened
Prime Minister speaks after Home Secretary gives statement in House of Commons on Salisbury poisoning case
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May has promised an 'appropriate' response if Russia is found to be responsible for the poisoning of a former Russian spy and his daughter.
Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned in Salisbury on Sunday with a chemical that investigators have confirmed was a form of nerve agent.
The Government is facing growing calls to take tough action against Russia if it becomes clear that Moscow was involved in the apparent assassination attempt.
MPs also held a debate to mark International Women's Day. Labour MP Jess Phillips read out the names of all the women killed by men in the last year.
Elsewhere, Liam Fox and John McDonnell delivered speeches at the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference.
As it happened...
Theresa May is getting some stick over this answer to a question about her ideal night with friends. Asked by ITV how she lets her hair down, the Prime Minister said:
"What a question! And I haven't thought about it...I don't think that when you let your hair down there's only one way of doing it. I think it depends on the group that you've got, it depends on the time..."
Jeremy Corbyn has denied he was "mansplaining" when he referred to International Women's Day during yesterday's Prime Minister's Questions.
Theresa May has responded to the reference by joking that the Labour leader was "mansplaining" to her.
However, Mr Corbyn has told BBC Radio Derby: "Theresa May claimed I was mansplaining...What I was doing was referring to International Women's Day and the huge contribution women make in our society.
"Actually, I think she was trying to be funny."
Asked if it had worked, he replied: "Not with me."
He also said he was confident that Labour would "one day" have a female leader, adding: "We are absolutely clear that there has to be equality in the Labour Party and 61 per cent of selections are of women-only shortlists."
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