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Prime Minister's Questions: David Cameron v Ed Miliband
Prime Minister's Questions: David Cameron v Ed Miliband
2012-11-21 12:05:04 UTC
2012-11-21 12:40:03 UTC
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David Cameron is facing MPs for the first time since the Conservatives lost the Corby by-election to Labour. Labour leader Ed Miliband has told MPs that confidence in hopes for a "two-state solution" in the Middle East was "dwindling every month". He is expected to be questioned on low turnout at last week's inaugural contests to elect police and crime commissioners in England and Wales. At Prime Minister's Questions, he urged David Cameron to put more pressure on the United Nations and United States to help reach a conclusion. Labour leader Ed Miliband will want to focus on the Corby victory, with the issue of Europe also likely to come up. But Mr Cameron said that the Israelis and Palestinians themselves had to lead efforts for peace. Another possible topic of debate at Prime Minister's Questions is last month's rise in government borrowing. He also defended the government's record on health care. rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" href="http://static.bbci.co.uk/modules/twitter/0.1.64/css/gel_preset.css"/> rel="stylesheet" rev="stylesheet" href="http://static.bbci.co.uk/modules/twitter/0.1.64/css/gel_single_account.css"/> Mr Miliband told the Commons that the number of nurses was down by 7,000 since the coalition had come to power. 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But I am giving them a sharp prod.' href="http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23PMQs" target="_blank">#PMQs 10 Minutes ago loading Content from Twitter. about content from Twitter. Content from Twitter. about content from Twitter. He accused the prime minister of being "out of touch", adding that the people of Corby had spoken for the "whole nation" in voting for a Labour winner of last week's by-election in the previously Tory-held constituency. But Mr Cameron replied that frontline NHS staff numbers in England were rising, but that they were falling in the Labour-run NHS in Wales. To laughter, he added that the people of Humberside had spoken for the "whole country" in not choosing former Labour Deputy Prime Minister Lord Prescott as a police and crime commissioner. Labour MP Tristram Hunt said the spending of £100m on the commissioner contests in England and Wales, in which turnout was around 15%, was "farcical". Mr Cameron dismissed the criticism, arguing that the change would make policing more accountable. Another Labour MP, Rochdale's Simon Danczuk, asked the prime minister for a full police investigation into allegations that the town's former MP, the late Cyril Smith, had been involved in child abuse. Mr Cameron replied that Greater Manchester Police had opened an investigation into allegations "from 1974 onwards". It is the first time the Prime Minister has faced MPs since last week's elections. The question and answer session will last until approximately 12:30 GMT. The question and answer session will last until approximately 12:30 GMT. MPs are also expected to discuss the ongoing violence in Israel and Gaza.
