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The main points from Gordon Brown's weekly grilling by MPs:The main points from Gordon Brown's weekly grilling by MPs:
    • In response to a question from Conservative MP Michael Mates, Mr Brown mounted a lengthy explanation of why he believed it was necessary to extend the maximum time terrror suspects could be held without charge to 42 days, saying he had seen evidence of the increasing sophistication of their methods. He said he hoped MPs would support the government's proposals.
    • Mr Brown said the Lib Dems were not proposing the reinstatement of the 10p rate. He told Mr Clegg to wait for the proposals. He said the Lib Dems had opposed tax credits, the mininum wage and other measures to help the low paid.
    • Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg used his two questions to call for "concrete proposals" on the 10p tax rate, which he said should be backdated. He told MPs: "When it comes to helping the needy he has got no principles, the Tories have got no policies."
    • Mr Brown highlighted what he said were Labour achievements on things like the minimum wage, record employment numbers and children being taken out of poverty before saying the choice was "between a Labour government that delivers and a Conservative Party that just talks".
    • Mr Brown highlighted what he said were Labour achievements on things like the minimum wage, record employment numbers and children being taken out of poverty before saying the choice was "between a Labour government that delivers and a Conservative Party that just talks".
    • Mr Cameron returned Mr Brown's "salesmanship" accusation back, saying Mr Brown had "gone on American Idol with more make-up on than Barbara Cartland" - to laughter from MPs. He asked Mr Brown: "Why doesn't he give up the PR and start being a PM?"
    • Mr Cameron returned Mr Brown's "salesmanship" accusation back, saying Mr Brown had "gone on American Idol with more make-up on than Barbara Cartland" - to laughter from MPs. He asked Mr Brown: "Why doesn't he give up the PR and start being a PM?"
    • Mr Cameron said the government was lurching from one relaunch to the next and the country needed clear leadership. Mr Brown hit back by saying the Conservatives had nothing to offer the country but "slick salesmanship".
    • Mr Cameron said the government was lurching from one relaunch to the next and the country needed clear leadership. Mr Brown hit back by saying the Conservatives had nothing to offer the country but "slick salesmanship".
    • Turning to prison places, Mr Cameron asked if Mr Brown would listen to people and scrap the early release scheme. Continuing the theme, he asked if Mr Brown would halt the post office closure programme. Mr Brown accused the Tory leader of misleading people by making pledges he could not afford to keep.
    • Turning to prison places, Mr Cameron asked if Mr Brown would listen to people and scrap the early release scheme. Continuing the theme, he asked if Mr Brown would halt the post office closure programme. Mr Brown accused the Tory leader of misleading people by making pledges he could not afford to keep.
    • The Tory leader asked about Wendy Alexander's backing for a referendum on independence for Scotland. Mr Brown said Ms Alexander had merely been exposing faults in the SNP's position.
    • The Tory leader asked about Wendy Alexander's backing for a referendum on independence for Scotland. Mr Brown said Ms Alexander had merely been exposing faults in the SNP's position.
    • Mr Cameron began by joining Mr Brown in congratulating Boris Johnson for winning the mayoral election saying the PM had "secretly wanted to see the back of Ken Livingstone".
    • Mr Cameron began by joining Mr Brown in congratulating Boris Johnson for winning the mayoral election saying the PM had "secretly wanted to see the back of Ken Livingstone".
    • Mr Brown was asked by a Conservative MP how long he thought he had got as prime minister - he hit back by accusing the Conservatives of ignoring issues of substance and listed Labour's achievements, to cheers from its MPs.
    • Mr Brown was asked by a Conservative MP how long he thought he had got as prime minister - he hit back by accusing the Conservatives of ignoring issues of substance and listed Labour's achievements, to cheers from its MPs.
    • Gordon Brown began by sending his condolences of a member of the Household Cavalry who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday.
    • Gordon Brown began by sending his condolences of a member of the Household Cavalry who was killed in Afghanistan on Friday.
    • Prime Minister's Questions got underway in the Commons at 1200 BST. It is the first time Gordon Brown has faced MPs since Labour's drubbing at local elections in England and Wales and the London mayoral contest. Mr Brown could also face questions about the reclassification of cannabis and the state of Britain's flood defences, which a committee of MPs has described as "chaotic".
    • Prime Minister's Questions got underway in the Commons at 1200 BST. It is the first time Gordon Brown has faced MPs since Labour's drubbing at local elections in England and Wales and the London mayoral contest. Mr Brown could also face questions about the reclassification of cannabis and the state of Britain's flood defences, which a committee of MPs has described as "chaotic".