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Theresa May has spoken to Donald Trump to thank the US president for his 'very strong response' to the Salisbury nerve agent attack.

Earlier in the day, Ms May faced Jeremy Corbyn for the last session of Prime Minister's Questions before Parliament's two-week Easter recess.

The Labour leader attacked the Government on its record tackling mental health, pointing to failings at Southern Health, which has been fined £2m for the "avoidable" deaths of two young people.

Meanwhile Amber Rudd was quizzed by MPs over the Salisbury poisoning case and post-Brexit immigration when she appeared before the Home Affairs Committee.

As it happened...

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[28 March 2018 11:12 · Kristin Hugo]

Back in the Home Affairs Select Committee, Amber Rudd is asked about the rise in incidents of antisemitism. 

She says: 

"I found it chilling that we had to have a march and a protest here outside Parliament this week.

"I think we all need to be very much aware of this and that we combat it wherever we can."

The Home Secretary is asked whether a Home Affairs Committee report from 2016, which criticised Labour and Jeremy Corbyn for its response to antisemitism, is "still justified, more justified or less justified". 

She says:

"It is extraordinary that you made those back in December 2016 and we are just this week seeing such a demonstration of opposition on antisemitism, to the Labour leadership, that we saw earlier this week.

"It seems to me that it is just as live an issue now as it was then."

[28 March 2018 11:29 · Kristin Hugo]

The High Court has overturned the decision to release black cab rapist John Worboys. Judges criticised the original decision and the failings of the Parole Board, prompting its chairman, Professor Nick Hardwick, to resign shortly before the verdict was announced. Full story:

[28 March 2018 11:35 · Kristin Hugo]

The Home Affairs Committee is now asking Amber Rudd about Russia.

The chair, Yvette Cooper, says that between 2008 and 2015, tier 1 investor visas for wealthy individuals were given out without the checks that now apply, meaning people were given visas to enter the UK without the source of their wealth being properly investigated. This includes about 700 people from Russia, she says, asking whether retrospective checks will now be carried out on these individuals.

Amber Rudd confirms she has asked officials to look at the people who were given visas during this period, "to see if there is any action that needs to be taken".

[28 March 2018 11:35 · Kristin Hugo]

[28 March 2018 12:02 · Kristin Hugo]

Stay tuned for Prime Minister's Questions, coming up shortly...

[28 March 2018 12:08 · Kristin Hugo]

PMQs is underway. 

Jeremy Corbyn asks what is being done in the NHS to being help people with autism. 

There are 5,000 fewer mental health nurses than there were in 2010, he says.

Theresa May responds by saying the Government is putting extra money into mental health and that 1,400 more people are accessing mental health services each day compared to 2010.

[28 March 2018 12:11 · Kristin Hugo]

Jeremy Corbyn says mental health trusts have £105m less funding than six years ago.

Theresa May says spending on mental health has increased to a record £11.6bn, adding:  "We are ensuring we are putting more money in...[but] dealing with mental health means addressing it in a variety of ways.

"We are taking more steps to address the issue of mental health than the Labour Government ever took when they were in power," she says.

[28 March 2018 12:12 · Kristin Hugo]

[28 March 2018 12:12 · Kristin Hugo]

[28 March 2018 12:18 · Kristin Hugo]

It's a muted start to PMQs, with Corbyn and May clashing over statistics on the NHS.

Corbyn quotes a sufferer of borderline personality disorder who wrote to him having been declared at risk of suicide. She said she had to wait three months for an appointment. This was then cancelled, forcing her to wait a further three months.

May says the NHS is receiving extra funding, including investment in mental health:

"Since November the Chancellor has announced an extra £10bn which is going into our NHS in the next few years."