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Keir Starmer hails diverse Commons in first speech to parliament as PM – video

In his first speech as prime minister in the House of Commons, Keir Starmer welcomed the 'most diverse parliament by race and gender' and 'the largest cohort of LGBT+ MPs of any parliament in the world'. He also praised Diane Abbott - now the mother of the house and the longest continuous serving female MP

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