Home Office Minister James Brokenshire says the government is committed to providing "safe and secure" accommodation while asylum cases are considered. 

He says he is "deeply concerned" by reports in The Times. He says ministers have spoken to G4S, who are responsible for housing asylum seekers in the area and they say neither they nor their sub contractor have a policy of painting doors a particular colour, although sub-contractor Jomast accepts that it uses red paint across its properties.

James Brokenshire says G4S has said doors will be repainted to ensure there is no dominant colour. He says the Home Office expects "the highest standard from contractors" and that if there is any evidence of discrimination it will be "dealt with immediately".

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Labour MP Andy McDonald has tabled an urgent question on alleged discriminatory treatment of asylum seekers in his Middlesbrough constituency.

A story on the front page of today's Times says that homes used in the town to house asylum seekers all have distinctive red front doors, making them easy to identify. 

The paper says the red doors have been blamed for "numerous" incidents of attacks and harassment.

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Labour's John Woodcock compares the combined failure of several agencies to the cases of Baby Peter and Victoria Climbie and says they are "every bit as serious". 

He asks for a separate police force to be brought in to investigate the death and asks what can be done to assure the safety of children in Barrow.

Karen Bradley says that an Ofsted investigation into Cumbria's social services found them to be inadequate, and that a Department for Education intervention is currently underway. 

She says everyone involved "needs to learn lessons", but they need to wait for the second inquest because we "will not have full facts until then". She adds that the case cannot be re-opened until new evidence comes to light.

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Home Office Minister Karen Bradley says the case is "deeply disturbing and distressing", adding that she cannot comment on the case in detail, but any further debate could be prejudicial. She says the case has been investigated by the IPCC but the results cannot be released so as not to prejudice a second inquest.

She says the government will not hesitate to take "tough action" where councils or police forces are falling short of expectations on protecting children from sexual abuse.

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Labour MP for Barrow and Furness John Woodcock has tabled an urgent question on the "gross mishandling" of the case of 13-month-old Poppi Worthington.

This week a family court judge ruled that her father had sexually assaulted her shortly before her sudden death. He denies any wrongdoing.

Former justice minister Sir Simon Hughes has called for the case to be reopened.

John Woodcock asks for a statement on the "failures" set out in the case.

DUP MP NIgel Dodds asks the prime minister to support the right of the Falklands people to self determination. "They should have a right to determine their own future," he said. 

Mr Cameron replies that the people of the Falklands had said very clearly they wanted to remain independent in a referendum. He criticised Labour's position on this.

Labour's Wes Streeting asked a question about knife crime in London,which rose last year. 

Mr Cameron said the law had been toughened in terms of offences. Knife crime had fallen by 17% since 2010. He said young people need to be educated about the dangers of carrying knives.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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".

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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.