Point-by-point: Question time

All the main points from prime minister's questions in the House of Commons, from 1200 BST on 25 October, 2006:

Prime Minister Tony Blair opened by sending his condolences to the family of a Marine, Gary Wright, who was killed in Afghanistan.

The first question asked of Mr Blair was whether he would ban British companies from operating in Burma, Mr Blair said he would "have a look at it".

Responding to a question from North East Derbyshire MP Natasha Engel, Mr Blair said he would not make unfunded tax cuts.

Conservative leader David Cameron sent his condolences to the family of the soldier killed in Afghanistan.

Mr Cameron focused on prisons in his first set of questions, saying the youth justice system was in "meltdown".

Mr Blair said the latest National Audit Office report concluded there had been a "considerable improvement", but Mr Cameron responded: "I think the Prime Minister lives on another planet."

He said the prisons system was in chaos and the government had lost control of the country's borders.

"It does not matter who is charge? Blair/Brown. Brown/Blair, the country is not safe under Labour," he said.

Mr Blair said Mr Cameron had voted against tougher measures on crime. "He talks tough but he votes soft," said Mr Blair.

Lib Dem leader Sir Menzies Campbell sent his condolences to Gary Wright's family.

Sir Menzies called for the extradition of the US soldiers accused of killing ITN journalist Terry Lloyd.

Mr Blair extended his sympathies to Mr Lloyd's family but said he could not comment on anything that the Attorney General might do in relation to that case.

Sir Menzies said that answer would be of "little comfort". He said the extradition arrangements between Britain and the US were "a fast-track process that only goes one way".

In his second set of questions, Mr Cameron challenged the prime minister to confirm reports that there would be a Climate Change Bill in the Queen's Speech next month - something he said the Tories had been calling for for a year, but had previously been rejected by Mr Blair as "dodgy".

"If you want to get something done in this country, get the leader of the opposition to suggest it," said Mr Cameron.

Tony Blair refused to comment on the content of the Queen's Speech but said that any government action in that area would be "practical and workable".

In other questions the closure of post offices was raised and Mr Blair said the Royal Mail should be free to make commercial decisions.

Referring to a constituent's case, Labour's Joan Ruddock asked if there was a postcode lottery for breast cancer treatment. Mr Blair said it was the government 's intention to get rid of the postcode lottery and he would look into the case raised by Mrs Ruddock.

Asked for a full debate on Iraq, Mr Blair said he was happy to debate Iraq "at any point in time" - but he said there would be no change in the strategy of the withdrawal from Iraq when Iraqi forces were confident they could handle the security situation.

He said it would be a "betrayal" of the efforts over the past three years if there was a premature departure.

Mr Blair said the government would continue to champion EU enlargement despite "difficulties" with Bulgaria and Romania.

Mike Weir, SNP Angus, asked about the prospect of Mr Blair being questioned by police in relation to the cash-for-honours inquiry, asking how he would explain the fact that 80p in every pound donated to Labour came from people given honours.

Mr Blair, who denies wrongdoing, said he had "no intentions" of debating that issue and asked why Mr Weir did not want to debate the forthcoming Scottish Parliament elections.

Mr Blair then answered his own question, saying that the reason was that the SNP policy of "ripping" Scotland out of the UK would be a "disaster for Scotland and a disaster for the UK".