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By Justin Parkinson 1145 Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of the final prime minister's questions of 2009. The end-of-term, even festive, feel is augmented by that fact that the understudies are in charge for the day. Gordon Brown is at the Copenhagen climate summit, so Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman steps in. For the Tories it will be be shadow foreign secretary William Hague, with Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable completing the merry trio. By Justin Parkinson 1154 As we await the main event, Northern Ireland questions is happening. The Commons chamber is busy. Maybe some of the MPs are sheltering from the cold outside. It's still snowing, but not very much.
1151 Oh, my. It's snowing at Westminster. With not much to do, will David Cameron be out with the huskies before the day is over?
1149 Ms Harman might be in for a series of most unseasonal set-tos. Several Tories, including Andrew Mackay, David Heathcoat-Amery and Mark Francois, are at the top of the MPs' ballot to ask questions, as is Simon Hughes, the Lib Dem climate change spokesman. But a more friendly inquisitor awaits in Labour's Clive Betts.
1147 So, what's on the agenda today? It's the first PM's questions since last week's pre-Budget report, so that should come up. And, with the PM in Copenhagen for climate change talks, green issues might come up. It would be a surprise if the defence cuts announced on Tuesday pass by without mention.
1145 Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of the final prime minister's questions of 2009. The end-of-term, even festive, feel is augmented by that fact that the understudies are in charge for the day. Gordon Brown is at the Copenhagen climate summit, so Labour's deputy leader Harriet Harman steps in. For the Tories it will be be shadow foreign secretary William Hague, with Lib Dem deputy leader Vince Cable completing the merry trio.