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Tony Blair led Labour to general election victory on 2 May 1997. Mr Blair's first Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) took place on 21 May 1997. It was also the first time that PMQs was held in a new format, with the two 15-minute sessions held on a Tuesday and Thursday replaced by a single 30 minute session on a Wednesday. Transcript - Commons Hansard: Prime Minister's Questions - http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm199798/cmhansrd/vo970521/debtext/70521-18.htm#70521-18_spnew8