Jonathan Isaby's verdict: No killer blows, but Hague outperformed Harriet Harman. Her constant attacks on what the Conservatives did during the 1980s and 1990s get rather tedious and it was inappropriate of her to accuse William Hague of playing party politics on Afghanistan when he was taking a very constructive attitude.
12.02 Harriet Harman explains that Gordon Brown is in Northern Ireland and that he will make a written statement on those matters later. She also pays tribute to the latest casualty in Afghanistan.
12.05 William Hague wished the PM well in Northern Ireland, saying that the Conservatives want justice and policing devolved. After paying tribute to the latest casualty, he wants reassurances that military gains be followed by effective reconstruction in Afghanistan.
12.07 Hague makes the point that the last conference on Afghanistan in 2007 made unreasonable targets over what ought to happen - will the aims be reasonable this time?
12.07 Harman says that she wants Hague's support rather than "carping". Hague says that he and Cameron are to visit President Karzai after PMQs and Harman should not make party political points. On banking regulation, Hague wants to know why Labour are not enthusiastically supporting Obama's plans. Harman says the US have different structures and the the government is addressing Britain's issues in its own way.
12.09 Hague asks about a levy on taxpayers that Obama has envisaged and calls on the government to drop the Tobin tax. Harman says she has never argued in favour of a one size fits all solution - but that she does agree with Obama on the fiscal stimulus - unlike the Conservatives.
12.11 Hague says that Obama has frozen spending and raised VAT - hardly a stimulus. Hague says that only central banks can supervise the banks properly and attacks Labour's system of regulation. Will the Government give the Bank of England that power again? She says it's nice to hear the Tories in favour of more regulation.
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