The main points from prime minister's questions on Wednesday, 2 April, from 1200 GMT:
The main points from prime minister's questions on Wednesday, 2 April, from 1200 GMT:
Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman will take questions in place of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is at a Nato summit in Romania.
Leader of the House of Commons Harriet Harman is taking questions in place of Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who is at a Nato summit in Romania.
Ms Harman sent her condolences to the family of two servicemen, Lt John Thornton and Marine David Marsh, who were killed in Afghanistan.
Answering a question from Eric Joyce (Labour, Falkirk), Ms Harman said Robert Mugabe must respect the decision of the people of Zimbabwe.
Mr Hague, standing in for Tory leader David Cameron, sent his condolences to the family of the dead servicemen. He congratulated Ms Harman on being the first female Labour politician to take prime minister's questions. He added: "She must be proud, three decades on, to be following in the footsteps of Margaret Thatcher."
Mr Hague said he wanted to send a signal to the people of Zimbabwe that Britain stood ready to help.
Ms Harman asked why Mr Hague was answering questions and not Theresa May, the shadow leader of the House, asking if modern Tory women "should be seen and not heard".
She offered Ms May some "sisterly advice", saying she should not let Mr Hague "get away with it".
Mr Hague then referred to Ms Harman's difficulties over her decision to wear an anti-stab jacket during a police walkabout this week on the streets of her south London constituency.
Ms Harman said she would not take advice on what to wear from Mr Hague, referring to his famous decision to wear a baseball cap when he was in the early days of his time as Conservative leader.
