Summary

  • David Cameron and Ed Miliband began their exchanges with need to protect UK from terrorism

  • Ed Miliband then accused the PM of being "frit" of taking part in election TV debates

  • David Cameron said the Labour leader was "chicken" of being in a debate with the Greens

  • Home Secretary Theresa May is making a post-PMQs statement on Paris terror attacks

  • You can watch key clips via the 'Key Video' tab, and watch the entire sessions via the 'Live Coverage' tab

  1. Update: Reaction to Prime Minister's Questionspublished at 17:34 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Daily Telegraph: Parliamentary sketchwriter Michael Deacon observes , externalthe "outbreak of avian hysteria" on the Labour benches after Ed Miliband called the PM a "chicken" for refusing to take part in the TV leaders' debates unless the Greens are included. "'Cluck-CLUCK-cluck-CLUCK!'. Almost all of them seemed to be at it. The entire opposition, performing a simultaneous chicken impression."

    New Statesman: "Cameron's Green shield protects him from Miliband's TV debates attack," writes , externalpolitical editor George Eaton. He says David Cameron's charge that the Labour leader was "running scared" of the Green Party allowed him to "avoid humiliation" at PMQs.

    The Guardian: Senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow offers his snap verdict, external of PMQs: "Given that Cameron's stance on the debates is implausible (and the polls seem to back that up), he did rather a good job at resisting Miliband's withering onslaught, and it wasn't quite the walkover Miliband was perhaps expecting."

    The Times: A potential solution to the growing row over the TV debates emerged after David Cameron appeared to suggest that he would be prepared to take part in a head-to-head clash with Ed Miliband and a five-way encounter involving the Greens, writes , externalPhilip Webster, political editor of the Times online.

  2. More to come...published at 13:49 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Rather in the style of the 5live football commentators welcoming/leaving world service listeners, we're going to say goodbye now. But if you're interested in following the debate about compulsory voting, Labour's plan to be able to enforce lower energy bills and everything else happening in parliament today, please turn over to the BBC's Democracy Live coverage. We'll also be adding the best clips from today's PM's questions and more reaction/commentators' verdicts later this afternoon.

  3. Charles Kennedypublished at 13:47 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 4

    Charles Kennedy, MP and former Lib Dem leader, shares Douglas Alexander's view on TV debates, saying that the parties should not "insert themselves into the journalistic decision-making process". He adds: "Our is the political decision-making process, and it's like dogs and lampposts - there's a very clear distinction to be had." (We're not too sure whether the politicians are the dog or the lamppost in this analogy)

  4. Statement comes to an endpublished at 13:45 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons during Theresa May's statement
    Image caption,

    There were still plenty of MPs standing up to try and catch the Speaker's eye to put a question to Theresa May after an hour of her statement on the Paris terror attacks

  5. Anti-Semitismpublished at 13:40 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Conservative MP Bob Blackman says he is concerned that there is a "growing tolerance" of anti-Semitism in the UK. He calls for "zero tolerance of anti-Semitism". Theresa May agrees.

  6. Bullying?published at 13:39 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 4

    Shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander - Labour's election co-ordinator - believes David Cameron's refusal to take part in the TV debates with the Greens is a "calculated attempt" to "bully" the broadcasters or "block" the debates. Asked whether Labour would write to ITV and ask for the Greens to be involved. he says parties should not be "vetoing or advocating" on behalf of political opponents.

  7. 'More plurality'published at 13:36 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 4

    Conservative Treasury Minister Priti Patel tells BBC Radio 4's World at One that politics has changed since the 2010 election, with "more plurality" in the political system before. She says the Greens "naturally feel they have a right to have a voice" in the election debates, and stresses that David Cameron is up for them, but thinks others should be included too.

  8. Manifesto callpublished at 13:35 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Conservative MP Richard Graham asks the home secretary to confirm that proposals for new powers to intercept communications will be in the Conservatives' manifesto, if the Liberal Democrats will not agree to such measures before the election. Theresa May confirms this. "We are very clear that we will take this legislation forward," she tells him.

  9. BBC political reporter Vicki Youngpublished at 13:28 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Tweets, external: Nick Clegg on TV debates says it's about compromise and format is for broadcasters not politicians #tvdebates

  10. No 'clash of civilisations'published at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Labour MP Anas Sarwar says: "This isn't a clash of civilisations, it is a street fight between right and wrong." He says the "true Muslim on that day" was police officer Ahmed Merabet, who lost his life in the attack on the offices of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.

  11. Catch-up: Daily Politics and PMQspublished at 13:26 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Daily Politics

    You can click and scroll through today's Daily Politics, including PM's questions by selecting it from the Live Coverage tab on this page.

  12. Salmond on TV debatespublished at 13:24 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 2

    Former SNP leader Alex Salmond - who is running for election to the UK Parliament - has told BBC Radio 2's Paddy O'Connell that the SNP should also have a place on the election debate platform, alongside the Greens.

  13. Picture: Labour front benchpublished at 13:23 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Labour front bench watch Theresa May statement
    Image caption,

    Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper listens to Theresa May's statement

  14. 'Sober wisdom'published at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Liberal Democrat MP Tim Farron argues that the response to the "outrages" in Paris should be one of "sober wisdom" rather than a restriction of "British liberties". The home secretary says that this is the way in which she and the prime minister have reacted.

  15. Plaid warns of 'England-only' debatespublished at 13:20 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 2

    Making the case for Plaid Cymru's inclusion, party leader Leanne Woods tells BBC Radio 2 that excluding them would run the risk of making the debates "England-only".

  16. Greens: We should be in debatespublished at 13:19 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    BBC Radio 2

    Green Party in England and Wales leader Natalie Bennett tells BBC Radio 2 that "empty-podiuming" David Cameron would not be in the interests of democracy, and that the full breadth of political opinion should be allowed - which includes the Greens. She says the broadcasters' proposals were put forward as "draft" plans.

  17. 'Watch foundation' callpublished at 13:18 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Labour MP Keith Vaz, who chairs the Home Affairs Select Committee calls for a body similar to the Internet Watch Foundation to deal specifically with terrorists operating online. The internet industry set up the Internet Watch Foundation in 1996 to provide a hotline for the reporting of criminal online content.

  18. TV debatespublished at 13:17 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    Norman Smith
    BBC Assistant Political Editor

    BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says it is not just David Cameron facing the charge of being a "chicken". He says Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg are too - over claims they are too scared to debate the Greens, as well as the broadcasters and whether they would go ahead without David Cameron. He says his sense is that the broadcaster are "deeply cautious" about going down that route.

  19. Devolved governmentspublished at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Theresa May tells SNP MP Angus Robertson that the UK government will continue to discuss preparedness for terrorist attacks with the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

  20. 'Shoulder to shoulder'published at 13:08 Greenwich Mean Time 14 January 2015

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Conservative MP Edward Leigh welcomes the support for France that has been shown in the UK. "Now, as for the last 100 years, our two nations stand shoulder-to-shoulder against tyranny and terror," he says.