Summary

  • David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed over their parties' record on the NHS

  • A person was thrown out of the public gallery after causing a disturbance

  • Theresa May defended the government's record on foreign prisoners being deported

  1. Amol Rajan, editor of the Independentpublished at 12:44 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Tweets, external: "Possibly the least enlightening #PMQs in modern history. Pathetic argument, endless planted questions, dire scrutiny of policy."

  2. 'Floodgates'published at 12:43 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: The home secretary says there is now a team tracking absconders and attacks Labour's record for opening "the floodgates" on immigration.

  3. Lawspublished at 12:43 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: Theresa May says the human rights legislation passed under Labour is hindering the government's efforts.

  4. 'Difficult'published at 12:42 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: Home Secretary Theresa May says the government is the first to adopt a cross-department strategy on deporting foreign prisoners. But it remains "inherently difficult".

  5. Daily Politics PMQs reactionpublished at 12:41 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    It's "not good enough" for David Cameron to deflect criticism of the NHS in England by attacking problems with the NHS in Wales, says Labour's Caroline Flint on the Daily Politics. Conservative MP Mark Harper says it is perfectly reasonable to draw comparisons between the two.

  6. Staff numbers querypublished at 12:40 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: Yvette Cooper asks why the Home Office has "so few staff" working on foreign prisoner deportation cases.

  7. Blame?published at 12:38 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: For Labour, shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper says fewer foreign criminals are being deported, adding: "It's no good blaming appeals or human rights."

  8. Human rightspublished at 12:38 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: The government is "rebalancing human rights laws in favour of the British public", rather than criminals, Theresa May says.

  9. Political editor's viewpublished at 12:37 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Nick Robinson
    Political editor

    "It should have been renamed 'not answering the question time'," says the BBC's Nick Robinson on Daily Politics, although, he adds, it is Ed Miliband who is meant to be asking the questions.

  10. Angus MacNeil, SNP MP for Na h-Eileanan an Iarpublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Tweets, external: "Seems man in public gallery threw marbles against the glass in viewing gallery at #PMQs - doorkeepers staff did great job removing him."

  11. 'Clampdown'published at 12:36 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: Theresa May says the Home Office didn't prioritise the deportation of foreign criminals before 2005. The government has been clamping down on numbers, she adds.

  12. Theresa Maypublished at 12:36 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: Home Secretary Theresa May says the problem of foreign prisoners has "beset" successive governments.

  13. Foreign prisonerspublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Commons: It's now time for an urgent question following on from a report by the National Audit Office raising concerns over the rate of deportation of foreign offenders from the UK.

  14. Session endspublished at 12:35 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    That's your lot. Not a vintage session.

  15. Pic: Cameron in actionpublished at 12:34 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    David Cameron
  16. Greg Hands, Conservative MP for Chelsea and Fulhampublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Tweets, external: "Biggest cheer of the day at #PMQs for the PM's announcement of a peerage for former Clerk of the Commons, Sir Robert Rogers. Well deserved!"

  17. Mandelson quotedpublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Mr Cameron dredges up one of his favourite Peter Mandelson quotes - about Labour sending out search parties for migrant workers - as he taunts a smiling Ed Balls. It was in response to Tory right winger Peter Bone. MPs make some noise.

  18. Michael Savage, chief political correspondent of The Timespublished at 12:33 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Tweets, external: "It is a sign of the times when the PM tells Peter Bone he is "absolutely right" on immigration. #PMQs"

  19. National builders' strikepublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    The unjust jailing of men during the 1973 national builders' strike now - a cause celebre on the Labour left. Mr Cameron is accused of a cover-up by Labour's David Anderson. Mr Cameron says he is not aware of the case but the government has taken steps to release more secret papers.

  20. NHS bidderspublished at 12:31 British Summer Time 22 October 2014

    Lib Dem Julian Huppert asks why a private firm was favoured over an NHS bidder in his Cambridge constituency. Mr Cameron restates coalition policy on the issue.