Speaking on the BBC News Channel, former defence secretary Liam Fox says he expects the EU referendum to be held in June and believes that the Conservatives can "handle the passions and arguments that will be aroused" by the vote without too much collateral damage to the government.

Personally, he says he backs a so-called 'Brexit' from the European Union to ensure that the UK can fully govern itself, make its own laws, and control its borders and that the PM's current renegotiations are a "bit of a sideshow" to these goals.

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The Prime Minister finishes answering questions on the European Union. There are now three more statements. 

• Theresa May, home secretary, on reports of a British national who fled whilst on bail for terror offences
• Liz Truss, environment secretary on the recent floods
• Tobias Ellwood, foreign office minister, on the UK's relationship with Saudi Arabia

In response to a question from Labour's Clive Efford, the PM says he is happy to clarify comments he made earlier in response to a question from Yvette Cooper about conditions in the Calais refugee camp known as the "Jungle" and the plight of child refugees generally. When answering that question, he suggested the UK had a duty to stop anyone trying to "break into" the UK illegally. Expanding on this, he says migrants in Calais do not have an automatic right to come to the UK and should apply for asylum in the first safe country they reach. But he insists that he was not referring to calls for the UK to accept 3,000 unaccompanied children from Syria and other war zones, which he acknowledges is a separate issue. 

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Away from the PM's Commons statement, there's news of an investigation into SNP MP Phil Boswell by Westminster's standards watchdog.

The probe came after allegations that he breached parliamentary rules by failing to register financial interests.

A complaint was reportedly made alleging Mr Boswell did not properly record his directorship of Boswell and Johnston Ltd.

The SNP said the MP, who represents Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill, had done nothing wrong.

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David Cameron has been answering questions for more than an hour now. But many MPs are still trying to attract the Speaker's eye -  by standing up in the time-honoured fashion - to try and make their contribution in the Commons. 

David Cameron is now answering a string of questions about the date of a referendum, the extent of reforms to the Common Agriculture Policy and the Commons Fisheries Policy and how many EU laws and EU court judgments would be potentially invalidated if the UK got an opt-out from the principle of ever-closer union.

On the latter issue, the PM jokes that he does not carry a list around with him but that it has been reported that ever-closer union had been "cited in 55 different (court) actions" and the ratchet-effect of EU integration must be addressed. He says that "if we can deliver this, let's all link hands and celebrate it". 

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Philip Davies launches the most outspoken attack on the PM so far from the Tory benches. He asks why Mr Cameron did not ask for the UK's budget rebate to be reinstated in full or for a cut in the UK's contributions to the EU, suggesting that the PM "just asked for what he knew they would agree to so he could claim some bogus negotiating triumph at the end of it". 

The PM replies by saying that Mr Davies, a longstanding critic of ministers on a range of issues, was being "slightly churlish", pointing out that the UK had protected its rebate and negotiated a reduction in the EU's long-term budget. 

In response to a question from Labour's Emma Reynolds about collective ministerial responsibility over Europe, the PM says that is has "never been his intention to strong arm people into voting for a position they do not agree with" given the "longstanding" positions that many MPs have on the issue. While the EU negotiations could conclude in February, he says it could take "considerably longer". 

Conservative MP Peter Bone asks whether the PM is considering joining the "Go" campaign to leave the EU, saying he assumes that ministers can now do so freely. Mr Cameron makes a Monopoly-related joke about "passing Go" and restates his view that the time for ministers to pin their colours to the mast is after the renegotiations have concluded. When all is said and done, he says that it will be up to the British people to decide the UK's future in the EU, not politicians. 

Labour's Kate Hoey says the PM is right to give ministers a free vote on the issue of Europe but she questions whether the British people can "trust" anything that the PM brings back from Brussels. Mr Cameron says he has a track record of success in Europe but it will be up to the British people to decide what arrangements will benefit the UK most. 

In response to a question from Tory Europhile Damian Green on the UK's "daily co-operation" with EU partners to fight terrorism, the PM says that while economic issues may have dominated previous debates on the EU, he says that the issue of national security and whether the UK will be safer inside the EU will be "absolutely crucial" this time. 

Tory MP Cheryl Gillan presses the PM to give MPs a clue as to when the referendum will be held. He says that he wants to get on with it once the negotiations are over but warns against doing it "precipitously". He says the last referendum, in 1975, was held a month after the conclusions of the Harold Wilson's negotiations and suggests this was too small a gap. He goes on to to say that his government held a referendum on the Alternative Vote system in 2011 three months after the legislation authorising the referendum was approved. Again, he suggests this was not a long-enough period for debate and more time will be needed on this occasion.  

Labour's Yvette Cooper highlights the plight of child refugees in Europe and asks the PM to accept the principle that the UK should give them sanctuary in the UK. He says the UK will consider a proposal to take in 3,000 unaccompanied children - as urged by charity groups and backed by a committee of MPs earlier - in a "proper way". 

A series of Conservative backbenchers are now asking questions. Crispin Blunt suggests the EU referendum is something of a distraction from the wider challenges facing the UK on the global stage. Sir Bill Cash asks about the prospect of treaty change, saying on "what grounds he can legitimately and honestly contend" that the changes he is seeking will be enshrined in law. He asks whether the PM is willing to give a "cast-iron guarantee" on this - that is a reference to a previous pledge he made as opposition leader to hold a referendum the Lisbon Treaty which the PM is accused of having broken.