Summary

  • David Cameron and Ed Miliband clashed in the final PMQs of this Parliament

  • The prime minister ruled out a Conservative government raising VAT

  • Ed Balls ruled out an increase in National Insurance contributions if Labour wins power

  • A last-minute bid to change the way the Speaker of the House of Commons is elected is to be debated by MPs on Thursday

  • MPs criticised the government for failing to devote adequate time to debating EU issues

  • There are 43 days until the general election

Live Reporting

Nick Eardley and Tim Fenton

  1. More on the three urgent questions

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    Under the revised schedule, Labour MP Peter Hain will first ask a Home Office minister about the public inquiry into undercover policing and whether it will examine files held between 1990 and 2001. After this, Labour's Diana Johnson will ask a Department of Health minister about the Penrose Inquiry. Finally, Sir Gerald Kaufman has been given permission to ask William Hague, the Commons Leader, about the change to today's business announced yesterday evening.