He says that the issue of the UK leaving Europe is about jobs, living standards, and the country's prosperity and should therefore be discussed in parliament.
Mrs May responds that her speech yesterday set out a plan for a global Britain and put the divisions of last year "behind us".
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says Mrs May's speech was about "restoring parliamentary democracy" while sidelining Parliament - it's not so much the Iron Lady as the Irony Lady, he says.
He says he wants the prime minister to stop her vision of a "bargain basement Britain".
She demeans herself and her office, and our country's standing by making these threats, he says.
Theresa May says she learned more of Labour leader's thinking after the speech too, and quotes the Labour leader yesterday, about his views on access to the single market.
"Ive got a plan, he doesn't have a clue," she finishes.
Jeremy Corbyn recalls the prime minister arguing that leaving the single market would make trade deals considerably harder.
Doe she now disagree with herself? he asks.
Theresa May replies that she said if we voted to leave the EU "the sky would not fall in".
She says the Labour leader wants a cap on wages and controls on immigration - "that wouldn't lead to prosperity that would lead to no jobs and no skills".
The Labour leader says that the prime minister's veiled threat that the UK will not sign up to a bad deal risked demeaning the country and turning it into a lowest common-denominator low-tax economy.
But Mrs May responds that she wants the UK to be outward-looking and prosperous, saying instead the Labour leader wanted to cap wages and borrow £500bn - which she said would limit aspiration and hit the UK's financial security.
The Labour leader asks Mrs May whether the PM would be prepared to pay for "frictionless access" to the single market.
The PM suggests her counterpart misundertstood her point and that she was referring to "frictionless" trade across borders.
She says she is committed to geting the best possible deal over free trade and access for British firms to EU markets.
The Labour leader says that the prime minister's veiled threat that the UK will not sign up to a bad deal risked demeaning the country and turning it into a lowest common-denominator low-tax economy.
But Mrs May responds that she wants the UK to be outward-looking and prosperous, saying instead the Labour leader wanted to cap wages and borrow £500bn - which she said would limit aspiration and hit the UK's financial security.
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