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| Prime Minister's Questions: Damian Green facing Emily Thornberry | |
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| Conservative cabinet minister Damian Green is making his debut at Prime Minister's Questions, deputising for Theresa May. | |
| The prime minister is missing the session because of the King and Queen of Spain's state visit to the UK. | |
| Mr Green, the first secretary of state, is going up against Labour's Emily Thornberry who will be standing in for party leader Jeremy Corbyn. | |
| It is the penultimate session before the summer recess. | It is the penultimate session before the summer recess. |
| Mrs May is not in the Commons as she is attending a special event in Horseguards Parade to mark the beginning of King Felipe and Queen's Letizia's state visit to the UK. By convention, when the PM is absent, the opposition leader also stays away. | |
| Mr Green was promoted to first secretary of state in a mini-reshuffle after the general election. | Mr Green was promoted to first secretary of state in a mini-reshuffle after the general election. |
| Battle of the first secretaries | Battle of the first secretaries |
| Damian Green | Damian Green |
| Emily Thornberry | Emily Thornberry |
| The MP, who has known Theresa May since they were contemporaries at Oxford University, is now regarded by some as Mrs May's de facto deputy and has adopted a high profile in recent weeks defending the PM and the Tories' pact with the Democratic Unionists. | The MP, who has known Theresa May since they were contemporaries at Oxford University, is now regarded by some as Mrs May's de facto deputy and has adopted a high profile in recent weeks defending the PM and the Tories' pact with the Democratic Unionists. |
| The MP for Ashford, who is also Cabinet Office minister, was policing minister for four years in the coalition government but was sacked by David Cameron and had a spell on the backbenches between 2014 and 2016. | The MP for Ashford, who is also Cabinet Office minister, was policing minister for four years in the coalition government but was sacked by David Cameron and had a spell on the backbenches between 2014 and 2016. |
| On the only other occasion that Theresa May has been absent from PMQs during her year in power, her stand-in was former leader of the House of Commons David Lidington. Mr Lidington has since become justice secretary. | On the only other occasion that Theresa May has been absent from PMQs during her year in power, her stand-in was former leader of the House of Commons David Lidington. Mr Lidington has since become justice secretary. |
| Emily Thornberry, who is shadow first secretary of state as well as shadow foreign secretary, will be making her second appearance at PMQs. | Emily Thornberry, who is shadow first secretary of state as well as shadow foreign secretary, will be making her second appearance at PMQs. |
| The MP for Islington South took over from Angela Eagle as shadow first secretary after last year's EU referendum. | The MP for Islington South took over from Angela Eagle as shadow first secretary after last year's EU referendum. |