For some reason Jim Devine has withdrawn his question to the Prime Mentalist which was first on the order paper for Wednesday’s PMQs following Guido’s highlighting of it yesterday.

Wonder if the whips told him to keep a low profile? He is after all still receiving the Labour whip…

Oral Questions to the Prime Minister

Unless otherwise indicated the Members listed below will ask a question without notice.

*1 Mr Jim Devine (Livingston): If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 10 February.

Disgraced mega-troughing MP David Chaytor is down for the third question on the order paper for this mornings Hague and Hattie show.  Guido wonders what his question will be about:

• Crime?
• Housing?
• The family?
• Mortgage rates?
• Sentencing policy?
• Prison building?

Or just another planted question from a disgrace to parliament?

Brown is staying in Belfast where apparently he can’t be spared from negotiations. Nothing to do with the disappointing GDP figures yesterday. He can’t run away from the election…