PMQs live blog | 13 May 2009

Expect much ado about expenses in PMQs today, especially after David Cameron took the lead on the issue yesterday. Live coverage from 1200.

1203: Brown now. First question from the Labour benches: a mention of MPs’ expenses, and what can Brown do to “invest” in skills – “unemployment is not a price worth paying”. Brown uses the opportunity to talk about the “unacceptable” system of MPs’ allowances, and to reel off a skills-related tractor production list.

1205: Cameron cuts a different figure from the combative one of last week – muted but firm. He asks Brown whether “one thing that could be done right now” is to publish all expense claims online.

1208: Brown says that all politicians have a “duty” to “restore trust” in the political system.

1208:
Cameron makes a point the public will like: “If we ask a committee to investigate whether any rules weere broken, then – surprise, surprise – it will report back and say that they weren’t … this isn’t a legal issue, but an ethical and moral one.”