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| Harriet Harman takes PM's questions (UK only) | Harriet Harman takes PM's questions (UK only) |
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| Mr Hague now gets his teeth into Bank of England governor Mervyn King's warning about pumping more money into the economy, calling it a "defining moment" in the government's handling of the recession. Ms Harman hits back with a strong attack on the Tories' inheritance tax proposals. | |
| 1210 Mr Hague changes tack slightly and asks about a scheme to help the unemployed, allowing Ms Harman to set out the dividing lines between the government and the Tories. Mr Hague hammers home Tory claims that the government are "all over the place" on the economy. | |
| 1208 William Hague, standing in for Tory leader David Cameron, asks what has happened to the government's long-promised Working Capital Scheme. Ms Harman says it is about to come on stream. There is a moment of mirth as she says it is helping 93 businesses. She corrects herself, saying it is actually 93,000 businesses. | |
| 1204 A planted question from Labour MP Joan Ryan on efforts to tackle burglaries. Ms Harman lists government action, claiming burglary across London "has fallen by half". | 1204 A planted question from Labour MP Joan Ryan on efforts to tackle burglaries. Ms Harman lists government action, claiming burglary across London "has fallen by half". |
| 1203 We're off. The session is running a few minutes late, but Harriet Harman is on her feet now, listing Gordon Brown's engagements in New York. | 1203 We're off. The session is running a few minutes late, but Harriet Harman is on her feet now, listing Gordon Brown's engagements in New York. |
| 1200From BBC political correspondent David Thompson: Expect a helping of Special K at PMQs today - Ken and King. Harriet Harman - standing in for Gordon Brown because of his trip to New York today - may well taunt the Tories over the confusion caused by shadow business secretary Ken Clarke's suggestion - hastily retracted - that his party's plans to increase Inheritance Tax thresholds could be put on the back burner. But William Hague is likely to lead the charge against the government armed with quotes from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England which he will claim show the Bank believes that any Prime Ministerial plan to pump billions more into the economy would be unaffordable. | 1200From BBC political correspondent David Thompson: Expect a helping of Special K at PMQs today - Ken and King. Harriet Harman - standing in for Gordon Brown because of his trip to New York today - may well taunt the Tories over the confusion caused by shadow business secretary Ken Clarke's suggestion - hastily retracted - that his party's plans to increase Inheritance Tax thresholds could be put on the back burner. But William Hague is likely to lead the charge against the government armed with quotes from Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England which he will claim show the Bank believes that any Prime Ministerial plan to pump billions more into the economy would be unaffordable. |
| 1157 Welcome to our coverage of prime minister's questions. With Gordon Brown on his travels, it is time once again for the deputies to show what they are made of. Harriet Harman, William Hague and Vince Cable take centre stage when the session gets underway at noon. We will have plenty of comment and reaction from guests on the variety of BBC outlets. | 1157 Welcome to our coverage of prime minister's questions. With Gordon Brown on his travels, it is time once again for the deputies to show what they are made of. Harriet Harman, William Hague and Vince Cable take centre stage when the session gets underway at noon. We will have plenty of comment and reaction from guests on the variety of BBC outlets. |