12:00: Stay tuned for live coverage. As Gordon Brown is still in Northern Ireland, Harriet Harman will face William Hague today.
12:03: Tory John Whittingdale opens up with Army compensation, a hot topic over the summer.
Harman replies that these issues are being addressed by Ainsworth and the MoD.
12:04: Will the government do more to support manufacturing?
Harman points to government action throughout the recession.
12:05: Here’s Hague, who wishes Brown luck in Northern Ireland and welcomes the appointment of Mark Sedwell as NATO envoy to Afghanistan. (See Daniel Korski from Monday for more details).
12:06: Hague wants the forthcoming Afghanistan Conference to be realistic, on top of his brief here.
Harman replies by saying she’s surprised Hague isn’t supporting current action in Afghanistan – silly party political point that Hague sweeps aside contemptuously.
12:08: Will the government follow Obama’s lead on a break between retail and investment banking? All this is kicking off in Davos as we speak.
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