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For the final show of the season, Question Time comes from Colchester Would you like to be part of the #bbcqt audience? Apply here: bit.ly/3PKVLIP

For the final show of the season, Question Time comes from Colchester

Would you like to be part of the #bbcqt audience?

Apply here: bit.ly/3PKVLIP
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Join us tonight for one final hour of debate before Question Time finishes for the season This will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at the earlier time of 7.30pm The show will return in the Autumn #bbcqt

Join us tonight for one final hour of debate before Question Time finishes for the season

This will be broadcast on <a href="/BBCOne/">BBC One</a> and <a href="/BBCiPlayer/">BBC iPlayer</a> at the earlier time of 7.30pm

The show will return in the Autumn

#bbcqt
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Question Time is in Colchester tonight. Fiona will be joined by Peter Kyle, George Freeman, Sian Berry and Camilla Cavendish Join us for a final 45 minutes of debate before a summer break live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer at 7.30pm #bbcqt

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Welcome back to this series' last episode of Question Time! The programme is now live You can watch now on BBC iPlayer: bit.ly/4eSvF17 Join the conversationĀ usingĀ #bbcqt

Welcome back to this series' last episode of Question Time!

The programme is now live

You can watch now on <a href="/BBCiPlayer/">BBC iPlayer</a>: bit.ly/4eSvF17

Join the conversationĀ usingĀ #bbcqt
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ā€œAll three of you, when actually confronted... saidā€¦ Iā€™m not too sure about thatā€ "I did oppose one developmentā€¦ weā€™re not saying build inappropriate housingā€ Labourā€™s Peter Kyle defends his decision to oppose housing development in his constituency #bbcqt

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ā€œWhat we are seeing is big greedy developers dumping huge commuter housing estates on the outskirts of villages and towns, with no investment and infrastructureā€ Conservativesā€™ George Freeman says poorly planned housing will turn the countryside into a ā€œtraffic jamā€ #bbcqt

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ā€œToo often the housing that is being builtā€¦ it's substandard and doesnā€™t include infrastructureā€ Columnist Camilla Cavendish says the tax breaks for those looking to downsize and more social housing could help to achieve housing targets despite a rising population #bbcqt

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"Theyā€™re struggling so much in the private rental sectorā€¦ we need toā€¦ make sure that people are able to save up to buyā€ The Green Partyā€™s Sian Berry calls for rent controls and ā€œgenuine affordabilityā€ in housing #bbcqt

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ā€œWe could take quite a lot of people out of the prison system, and help to rehabilitate themā€¦not banging them up in very expensive and dysfunctional prisonsā€ Conservativesā€™ George Freeman says he would like to see more community service for non-violent criminals #bbcqt

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ā€œThe criminal justice system isā€¦ a vital social serviceā€¦ as important as health and education, but itā€™s always the one thatā€™s being cutā€ Columnist Camilla Cavendish says the privatisation of the probation service was a ā€œcatastropheā€ and sector cuts must be reversed #bbcqt

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ā€œCould maybe, perhaps, the Greens policy of decriminalising drugs actually help?ā€ This #bbcqt audience member asks the panel whether legalising drugs would reduce the prison population and reoffending

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ā€œThere are also many people in prison for crimes that are driven by poverty, by austerity, by not being invested in by the whole of societyā€ The Green Partyā€™s Sian Berry says more government spending on alternatives to prison would help alleviate full prisons #bbcqt

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ā€œWe know that the public have high expectations of us, not just on delivery but on the tone of politicsā€ Labourā€™s Peter Kyle says voter loyalty is a thing of the past, and his party ā€˜canā€™t take anything for grantedā€™ #bbcqt

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Thanks for joining us tonight - check back tomorrow morning to see some exclusive audience opinions from tonight's show Weā€™ll be back in the autumn! Apply to be in the audience for future shows here: bit.ly/3PKVLIP