Summary

  • New Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has faced his first Prime Minister's Questions

  • He asked David Cameron questions sent to him from the public saying he wanted it to be less "theatrical"

  • Cameron said no-one would be happier than him if PMQs was to be less confrontational

  • Mr Corbyn tells the BBC he will not campaign for the UK to leave the European Union

  • After Corbyn faced criticism for not singing the national anthem, Labour sources said he would at future event

  • Theresa May has been delivering a Commons statement on the EU's migration situation

  1. Marie on Corbyn's performancepublished at 14:00

    The woman who reputedly supplied Jeremy Corbyn's first question at PMQs has praised the Labour leader's debut performance. Marie from London, who urged Mr Corbyn to ask the PM a question about housing shortages and rent costs - which he duly did as part of his "crowdsourcing" approach to questions - told LBC that Mr Corbyn had been "calm and collected" in the Commons.  

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    I liked the way he (Mr Corbyn) looked at him (the prime minister) over the top of his glasses, I thought that worked very well and it was very calm. The prime minister had to change his way of doing things for Corbyn, so surely that's a massive mark-up for Corbyn to begin with?"

  2. Cameron welcomes changepublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

    David Cameron says he would be delighted with making PMQs a more genuine exercise in asking questions
  3. Corbyn crowdsources suggestionspublished at 14:05 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

    Jeremy Corbyn says he received 40,000 responses
  4. Corbyn 'finding his feet'published at 13:50

    BBC News Channel

    Ben Bradshaw

    Former culture secretary Ben Bradshaw suggests Mr Corbyn's inexperience was to blame for some of the mistakes of recent days, citing "anthem-gate", pulling out of TV interviews and a "chaotic reshuffle". The Labour leader is "finding his feet" and should be "given a choice" as it is a big leap from being a "backbencher and peace protester to becoming leader of Her Majesty's Loyal Opposition". But in time, he says there will need to be much more "clarity" on key issues, such as the Europe.

  5. McCarthy defends farming viewspublished at 13:43

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Kerry McCarthy

    The new shadow environment secretary Kerry McCarthy, who is a vegan, has insisted that she wants to work with the farming industry to improve agricultural sustainability and animal welfare standards. 

    She has been highly critical of the environmental impact of livestock farming in the past. She tells the BBC that she has a wide brief and doesn't just see the job as being "the spokesman for the National Farmers Union in Parliament" - suggesting that this is how some past Tory ministers have viewed the role. But she insists she will sit down with farmers to debate the key issues facing the industry. 

  6. Rudd: Defections 'plausible'published at 13:37

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Conservative minister Amber Rudd says it is "plausible" that Blairite members of the Labour Party are considering their position in the party - amid rumours of possible defections reported by the BBC's Robert Peston. Ms Rudd says many Labour MPs fundamentally disagree with Mr Corbyn's economic policy. But Kerry McCarthy says that although Blairites were "grossly mischaracterised" during the election campaign, she says they are Labour "through and through" and will "stick with" the party and argue their case. 

  7. McCarthy on 'anthem fuss'published at 13:33

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Kerry McCarthy is the latest shadow cabinet minister to say it would have been "advisable" for Jeremy Corbyn to have sung the national anthem "if only to avoid all the fuss" and the negative headlines that it has generated. The shadow environment secretary insists Mr Corbyn was not showing a lack of respect for British troops but believes it would have been sensible for him to "go along with the protocol". 

  8. Labour responds to IRA questionpublished at 13:32

    Nigel Dodds

    During PMQs, the DUP's Nigel Dodds condemned shadow chancellor John McDonnell's 2003 remarks that IRA terrorists should be "honoured". Mr Cameron told Mr Dodds he reflected the views of the "vast majority in this country". In response, a Labour Party spokeswoman has just said:

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    Jeremy has clearly condemned all violence on all sides in Northern Ireland. It is because he is opposed to human grief and conflict that he worked for peace and talks. Northern Ireland has been one of the most difficult but inspiring examples of establishing peace and reconciliation after years of conflict. Jeremy Corbyn's approach will be to continue to move forward on that basis. He is opposed to all violence and that is why he backed talks to achieve peace when others refused to."

  9. 'He held his own'published at 13:28

    The Guardian

    The paper's senior political correspondent Andrew Sparrow's verdict, external on Mr Corbyn:

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    If not confident, he certainly looked competent at PMQs. He held his own, and emerged with his reputation intact, or perhaps even enhanced. He did not do an Iain Duncan Smith."

  10. McDonnell and the IRApublished at 13:25

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Amber Rudd says Nigel Dodds' question about shadow chancellor John McDonnell's past comments about the IRA was the key moment during PMQs. Labour's Kerry McCarthy says she would have used "other words" about the IRA than her colleague did and Mr McDonnell has acknowledged this. 

    Asked whether she supported Mr McDonnell's appointment to such a key role, she replies that she disagrees with him on key aspects of economic policy and is a firm supporter of the UK staying in the EU.

  11. Rudd: Labour 'in chaos'published at 13:24

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Energy Secretary Amber Rudd says Labour is in "chaos" and PMQs reflected that, joking that the slightly different format gave the opposition leader the opportunity to set out his major priorities - "more borrowing, more spending and less defence". On the issue of crowdsourcing, she says it was in line with a longstanding tradition that MPs sought the views of their constituents before deciding what issues to raise in the Commons.

  12. PMQs: Different tone workedpublished at 13:23

    The World at One
    BBC Radio 4

    Labour MP - and shadow environment secretary - Kerry McCarthy says Jeremy Corbyn's approach of sourcing questions from the public "worked well" in setting a "different tone" and getting serious subjects on the agenda.

    She is not sure whether he will repeat the trick in future weeks, suggesting in future he will need to respond to the PM's answers more directly. But she says this is difficult because Mr Cameron gives such "pat answers". 

  13. Cameron's verdict on PMQspublished at 13:22

    Labour MP asks PM

  14. Political editor on first Corbyn-Cameron PMQspublished at 13:20

    The Daily Politics

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    Political editor Laura Kuenssberg on first Corbyn-Cameron PMQs

    BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg described the first Corbyn-Cameron PMQs as a "revolution in beige" and that the prime minister "had to accept that framework". 

    She was talking to Andrew Neil on the Daily Politics minutes after the new Labour leader was at the despatch box for the first time.

  15. MPs' verdictspublished at 13:08

    A PMQs verdict from a Labour, Tory and SNP MP:

  16. Burnham responds to statementpublished at 13:04

    House of Commons
    Parliament

    New shadow home secretary Andy Burnham demands an urgent solution to the migrant crisis with winter approaching and temperatures dropping.

    He welcomes the government measures "as far as they go", but seeks clarity on the headline figures - could the government be accepting more than 4,000 refugees before Christmas? 

    He asks if the government response is indeed proportionate to the scale of the crisis.

  17. 'Good result'published at 13:04 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

    BBC political editor tweets

  18. Tough gigpublished at 12:58 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

    Huffington Post political editor tweets

  19. Corbyn reaction tweetspublished at 12:57

    There's plenty of Twitter reaction from around following Jeremy Corbyn's first PMQs performance. Here's a sample from some newspaper pundits:

  20. Stop traffickerspublished at 12:57 British Summer Time 16 September 2015

    BBC South East Political Editor tweets