Stay tuned for coverage of Clegg’s first PMQs from 12:00.
12:02: He’s off, the first Liberal to answer Prime Minister’s Questions since the ’20s. He lists the dead from Afghanistan.
A tricky one on cuts in the capital schools budget from the MP for Gateshead. Clegg is clear: we should be under no illusion, Labour would have had to cut.
12:03: Tory MP David Borroughes asks if Gary McKinnon will spared extradiction? Clegg replies that Cameron and Obama have discussed the matter and hope to reach a satisfactory conclusion.
12:05: Jack Straw opens up for Labour, the noise is building. Straw asks: is the 2014 pullout unconditional? After a little badinage about Straw’s longevity and the Liberals’ period in the wilderness, Clegg says no, it is conditional.
12:05: Straw thanks Clegg for his generosity, but remarks that this will likely be his one and only appearance.
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