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Prime Minister's Questions: Nick Clegg v Harriet Harman Prime Minister's Questions: Nick Clegg 'heckled by both sides'
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Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg is facing Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman across the despatch box at Prime Minister's Questions. Commons speaker John Bercow battled to keep MPs quiet as Nick Clegg stood in for David Cameron at a stormy Prime Minister's Questions.
Mr Clegg is standing in for prime minister David Cameron, who is visiting a camp for Syrian refugees in Jordan, as part of a tour of the Middle East. Mr Bercow repeatedly stopped the session to tell MPs to calm down, noting that the Lib Dem leader was being "heckled by both sides".
Ms Harman may repeat her call for an over-arching, judge-led inquiry into child abuse amid ongoing revelations. Mr Clegg - who clashed with Labour deputy leader on cuts to child tax credits and the coalition's economic record - said he was "used to it".
MPs are also likely to comment on the re-election of Barack Obama. Mr Cameron is visiting the Middle East.
Mr Cameron was among the first world leaders to offer his congratulations to a man he described as "a very successful US president". The PM was among the first world leaders to congratulate US President Barack Obama on his re-election - sentiments echoed by Mr Clegg and Ms Harman.
"I have really enjoyed working with him over the last few years and I look forward to working with him again over the next four years," he said. Mr Clegg was cheered by MPs as he told the House of Commons: "I'm sure the House will want to join me in congratulating President Obama on his election victory last night.
He urged Mr Obama to join the UK in opening direct talks with rebel fighters in Syria and said they must do more to end the civil war. "We look forward to continuing the government's work with him in building a more prosperous, a more free and a more stable world."
Westminster has been dominated in the past few days by talk of the US election, with many MPs staying up in to the early hours to watch the results come in. Ms Harman told the House: "I join the Deputy Prime Minister in offering our warmest congratulations to the President of the United States, Barack Obama.
"This morning he spoke of his determination to create more jobs, healthcare for all and tackling the scourge of inequality. We wish him well."
But the Labour deputy leader wasted no time in attacking Mr Clegg over cuts to tax credits for child care, saying parents will be forced to quit work and go on benefits as a result of them and accusing the deputy PM of being "out of touch" with their concerns.
Mr Clegg said the coalition had helped low paid families by taking many of them out of income tax and increasing the number of pre-school children in free care.