So Parliament is back, and so, too, is PMQs. Stay tuned for live coverage from 1200.
12:02: And we’re off. Brown pays his respects to those who have lost their lives in Afghanistan and lists their names. Very sombre and he has pitched it right. There are a lot of names; it takes five minutes to read them. It’s extremely moving.
12:06: Ann Winterton on the Lisbon Treaty. Brown replies by praising the troops in Afghanistan – over doing it as ever. Swipes the sovereignty aside.
12:07: Tony Wright: “Is it more dangerous when politicians become generals, or generals become politicians”.
12:08: Now Cameron’s on his feet. A question about the ‘military covenant’ – General Dannatt’s chief bugbear. Brown waffles, taking two minutes to dispense platitudes about the forthcoming White Paper. Nothing about the injury payment though.
12:11: Cameron what’s been done for wounded former servicemen as they get older, especially to avoid suicides among former servicemen in the future? Brown praises the improvements made, notably at Headley Court and Sellyoak.
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