The shadow culture secretary noted broadcasters are bound by licensing conditions ‘which mean they do have to provide balance and some impartiality’.

Shadow culture secretary Lucy Powell announced that Labour is launching an independent review panel into the ‘future direction’ of the broadcaster.

The Commons Leader said the committee, which quizzed Boris Johnson on Wednesday, should be allowed to get on with its work.

Trade minister Nigel Huddleston told the Commons ‘we will not tie our hands in terms of setting an arbitrary deadline’.

Sammy Wilson raised concerns over personal income tax.

Labour MP Janet Daby warned ‘there are things where the Government has gone backward rather than going forward’.

Mr Flynn said: ‘What they’re ignoring is the real damage that it’s causing to the economy and that’s particularly the case in Scotland.’

Rachel Reeves said the UK is the ‘only G7 economy that’s still smaller than it was before the pandemic’.

Rachel Reeves said: ‘We’re not going to be going back into the single market or customs union and Labour have been clear about that as well.’

Ukrainians are struggling to access the private rented sector which can penalise those on Universal Credit or with no credit history, MPs heard.

Health minister Helen Whately said ‘giving people from other countries the chance to work in the NHS is the right thing to do’.

The Scottish Secretary said the country needed a first minister ‘who put Scotland’s interests above the nationalist interests’.

Tax authorities in India spent three days searching the BBC’s New Delhi and Mumbai offices last week.

MPs approved Bill which will provide payments in instalments to eight million households.

MP for East Dunbartonshire said it ‘should be uncontroversial to state that these products must be made as accessible and as affordable as possible’.

Environment minister Rebecca Pow said the Government is taking more action against water companies than ever before.

The Commons Leader was speaking following months of public sector strike action, including across the NHS, railways and teaching sectors.

Rishi Sunak acknowledged ‘mistakes had been made’ but added his Government had a ‘clear plan to halve inflation and grow the economy’.

Yvette Cooper questioned the absence from the Commons of Suella Braverman, saying ‘it is a devastating failure of responsibility and respect’.

Labour’s Dan Jarvis asked the Government whether the procurement process is ‘fit for purpose’.