Summary

  • David Cameron answered questions in first post-conference and referendum PMQs

  • Ed Miliband said minister Lord Freud had suggested some people with disabilities should be paid less than then minimum wage

  • David Cameron said the quoted comments were not the view of government, or anyone in it

  • New UKIP MP Douglas Carswell asked David Cameron about proposals for a recall bill

  • Follow all the reaction on Daily Politics, The World at One on this page

  1. Red linespublished at 12:17 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    A question from Conservative David Davis now on David Cameron's plans for EU reform negotiation. He asks what his red lines will be. Mr Cameron's list includes safeguards for the single market and immigration and opting out of "ever-closer union".

  2. Postpublished at 12:14 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Ed Miliband claims the "nasty party" is back, citing "unfunded" tax cuts and what he calls an undermining of the national minimum wage. David Cameron counters that the government is "on the side of hard-working people". That ends their discussion for this week.

  3. Louise Stewart, political editor of BBC South Eastpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: "PM says Miliband's forgotten paragraphs were under "hard truths" says hard truth is he's not up to the job #PMQs"

  4. Freudpublished at 12:13 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Ed Miliband continues to quote Lord Freud - and says he should not stay in the government. Mr Cameron insists they are not the views of the government, or anyone in it. Mr Cameron - whose late son Ivan was disabled - says he will take "no lectures" about looking after disabled people.

  5. UKIP question?published at 12:13 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    UKIP's first MP Douglas Carswell is standing up after the PM's answers, hoping to catch the Speaker's eye so he can ask a question. No luck so far...

  6. Lord Freudpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Ed Miliband asks the PM if he shares the views of Welfare Minister Lord Freud who he claims said disabled people "are not worth the full national minimum wage". Absolutely not, Mr Cameron replied. He says the government has the NMW is going up in real terms under the government.

  7. Noise levelpublished at 12:11 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    The atmosphere has been pretty quiet by PMQs standards. Surprising, given it's five weeks since the last session. Things get back to normal as Speaker John Bercow has to hush MPs.

  8. Will Straw, Labour candidate in Rossendale and Darwenpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: "Cameron refuses to answer how he'll pay for his £7bn pre-election tax bribe. That's not a credible plan for the deficit. #PMQs"

  9. Michael White, assistant editor of The Guardianpublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: "#PMQs Cam blaming Labour for recession/wages fall. Yet at IMF this week Mark Carney, Tory-appointed BoE Governor, blamed bankers, rightly so"

  10. Economypublished at 12:09 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    David Cameron defends his government's record in office after an attack by the Labour leader. He says the economy is growing and the deficit is coming down - which in his view would be put at risk by a Labour government.

  11. Frontbench viewpublished at 12:08 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    The Conservative front bench
    Image caption,

    The coalition frontbench are amused by Ed Miliband's comments

  12. The biggest loser?published at 12:06 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Ed Miliband hits back at David Cameron's earlier swipe at him forgetting to mention the deficit in his conference speech. He notes that while he may have forgotten a couple of paragraphs, Mr Cameron has since "lost a couple of your MPs", referring to the two defections to the UK Independence Party.

  13. Mehdi Hasan, political director of The Huffington Postpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: ""He forgot the deficit' bingo at #pmqs begins".

  14. Unemploymentpublished at 12:05 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    David Cameron welcomes the latest statistics, which show a drop in the unemployment rate to 6% - its lowest level since 2008. He says it is evidence that the government's long-term plan is working. He acknowledges wage growth is slow but says this is due to the scale of the recession.

  15. Huskypublished at 12:04 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Ed Miliband is on his feet, and, with a huskier-than-usual voice reveals he has a sore throat. He welcomes the latest unemployment figures - but says wages are failing to keep pace with inflation.

  16. Carswellpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Conservative MP Stewart Jackson makes a veiled swipe at UKIP's first elected MP, Douglas Carswell - a former Tory, who is sitting on the opposite benches. He says the only way to get an EU referendum is with a Conservative government. David Cameron agrees: "There is only one choice and that's to vote Conservative."

  17. Tom Newton Dunn, political editor of The Sunpublished at 12:03 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: "Labour have a recording of Welfare Minister Lord Freud saying disabled people are "not worth" minimum wage; Ed Mili's PMQs ambush."

  18. Cancer carepublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    Joan Walley, the Labour MP for Stoke-on-Trent North, has the first question - and asks the prime minister to reverse his "£1.2bn privatisation" of cancer care in Staffordshire. Mr Cameron says cancer referrals are up 50%.

  19. We're offpublished at 12:01 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    We are under way.

  20. Andrew Sinclair, political correspondent for BBC Eastpublished at 12:00 British Summer Time 15 October 2014

    tweets, external: "New UKIP MP @DouglasCarswell in commons for #pmqs. He's sitting on the "trouble causers" row shared with Dennis Skinner"