Summary

  • First Minister Nicola Sturgeon predicts new independence referendum if UK votes to leave EU

  • Tory London mayor candidate Zac Goldsmith says he is a "non head-banging" Eurosceptic

  • Labour has been accused of a "whitewash" over the report into its election defeat

  • Ex-Labour frontbenchers Frank Field and Chuka Umunna warn over the party's electoral chances

  1. SNP press PM over UK role in Yemenpublished at 12:19

    Angus Robertson

    The SNP's Angus Robertson asks about peace in Yemen. He asked the prime minister to admit the UK was taking part in a war in Yemen that was costing thousands of lives, yet does not have parliamentary approval.

    Mr Cameron said it was right to back the government of Yemen. He said British military personnel were not involved in carrying out strikes in Yemen.

    "Do we provide training and advice and help to ensure countries obey the rules of humanitarian law? Yes we do," he said.

  2. Corbyn on cost to nurses of scrapping bursariespublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  3. Returning to the 1970s?published at 12:16

    Following on from Jeremy Corbyn's questions to David Cameron, Conservative Edward Argar asked about secondary picketing.The PM said it was "extraordinary" for a party that has taken so long to shake off that image that it should return to the "1970s". 

  4. Labour 'a risk to Britain's security', says David Cameronpublished at 12:17

    As always, David Cameron has the final say in these exchanges, and accuses Labour of "a retreat into the past", citing Jeremy Corbyn's calls for the reintroduction of secondary picketing and the "absurd idea" that Britain's nuclear submarines should patrol without their nuclear weapons

    "The whole Labour Party" are a risk to Britain's economic and national security, he adds.

  5. Cameron attacks Labour for being 'anti-aspiration'published at 12:16 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  6. David Cameron: We're boosting nurse numberspublished at 12:14

    The Labour leader says the government is expecting junior nurses to fund themselves by paying off their debt later. They won't be reassured by the PM's answers today, he says. He says nine out of 10 hopsitals have a nurse shortage and the government's proposals will "exacerbate the crisis" and damage the NHS.

    But the PM responds:

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    We're going to see 10,000 extra nurse degree places because of this policy because we are effectively uncapping the numbers that can go into nursing.

  7. Cameron's confused message on nurses?published at 12:14 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  8. Jeremy Corbyn: Government punishing junior nursespublished at 12:12

    Jeremy Corbyn says the maintenance grants are designed to help the poorest in society. He also accuses the government of punishing junior nurses, with proposals to axe their bursaries.

    But David Cameron says there are more nurses now than before he became PM. He says two out of three people who want to take up the profession can't because of financial restrictions, and says the introduction of new loans will ensure more nurses are trained, and will get more money. Fewer people will be brought in from abroad too, he adds.

  9. Tories excited by Corbyn?published at 12:13 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  10. Jeremy Corbyn challenges PM over abolition of maintenance grantspublished at 12:10

    Jeremy Corbyn questions the PM's maths before going on to criticise the previous coalition government's decision to triple tuition fees. The Labour leader again asks why the grants are being abolished.

    "To uncap university places," responds David Cameron. It was Labour that introduced the fees and loans system, he adds. He quotes from Ed Balls, "who", he says, "I rather miss", on higher education.

  11. Corbyn focuses on Tory manifesto omissionspublished at 12:11 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  12. Corbyn v Cameron on student grantspublished at 12:09

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    Speaker John Bercow has had to intervene to calm the House due to the rising noise levels. Jeremy Corbyn then continues with his question and says the proposal will affect half a million students - and says that it wasn't in the Tory manifesto.

    He quotes Liam, a student, who he says will finish his course with debts of more than £50,000. Why is Liam being put into such debt? asks Mr Corbyn.

    The PM says there are more people going to university than ever before, including from low income backgrounds. He says Liam won;'t pay back a penny of his loan unless he earns over £21,000. Labour's plan would only help the elite. 

    "We're uncapping aspiration," he adds.

  13. Corbyn leads on student maintenance grant cutspublished at 12:11

    Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn is on his feet and leads with a question on government plans to abolish student maintenance grants, asking where it featured in the Conservatives' election manifesto.

    David Cameron responds by noting Mr Corbyn has not welcomed the unemployment figures. Addressing the question, he tells the House his party promised to cut the deficit and uncap student numbers "and we've done both".

  14. Hoping to get a word in at PMQspublished at 12:04

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  15. David Cameron: Today's unemployment figures 'are very welcome'published at 12:04

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    A question from Conservative MP Rishi Sunak gifts David Cameron an opportunity to welcome today’s unemployment figures, which show the unemployment rate is at its lowest in more than a decade, although wage growth has slowed.

    The PM says that over the last year "we've seen more people in work in every region in our country". The latest figures "are very welcome", he adds.

  16. Prime Minister's Quesions under waypublished at 12:03

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    This week’s PMQs is under way. Gareth Thomas, the Labour MP for Harrow West, has the first question to David Cameron - on Sports Direct. He says workers should be entitled to a percentage of its profits. David Cameron says the government has encouraged companies to offer their staff such incentives - and also cites the introduction of the National Living Wage.

  17. More women on Labour front benchpublished at 12:02

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  18. Who's asking Cameron questions?published at 12:00

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  19. Nerves ahead of PMQspublished at 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time 20 January 2016

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  20. What to expect from PMQs?published at 11:59

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    It's coming up to midday. BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg says the abolition of student maintenance grants, which are being converted into loans, is likely to be raised by Jeremy Corbyn. "It pushes lots of buttons for him" she says, such as his concerns about inter-generational faireness. It's also "a difficult sell" for the government, she adds.