Badenoch says that the 2035 target is a decade away and asks why we should believe Burnham will raise defence spending by then.

She says that there are threats now from Argentina over the Falklands Islands and from Russia in the North Sea.

The Conservative leader asks if Burnham is unable or just unwilling to get spending up to 3% by 2030.

Burnham says the chancellor's commitment to defence is "absolute" and that the government is taking a strong stance on Ukraine and and playing its role around the world.

He says he does not think taking £4bn out of housing benefit is going to get the right consensus and would create unheard of levels of homelessness.

He adds that strong national security also depends upon having resilience in our communities and cannot come at the expense of social security.

I won't choose between the two, he says.

Burnham says he appointed Healey because of his strong commitment to defence.

"We will honour our Nato commitments," says Burnham, which he says includes 3.5% of GDP spent on defence by 2035, with a date for 3% being announced in the spending review.

He says Badenoch does not have the right to have the "moral high ground" when defence spending was 2.3% of GDP under the Conservatives.

He says on this issue "we should do more problem solving than points scoring".

For her first question, Tory leader Kemi Badenoch says after last week's session, questions remain over whether Burnham will fund defence spending at 3% of GDP.

Serious threats to national security cannot wait, she continues, and asks whether the PM thinks Chancellor John Healey was right to quit as defence secretary under his predecessor Keir Starmer because he wouldn't meet commitments on defence spending.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham begins PMQs by commemorating the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

He also sends sympathies to those gathering for the funeral of PC Matthew Blades, one of the two police officers killed in a wrong-way crash on 22 August.

Kate Whannel
Reporting from the Commons

In case you’re wondering why MPs are wearing heads of wheat on their lapels today - it’s to mark Back British Farming day.

Prime Minister Andy Burnham is ready to take questions from Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and MPs.

As Burnham takes his spot at the dispatch box, watch live at the top of the page and we'll bring you all the key developments here.

Image source, House of Commons

Chris Mason
Political editor, reporting from the Commons

Hello from the Press Gallery of the House of Commons.

It is Andy Burnham’s second outing at the weekly rhetorical political joust.

Here goes...

Image source, PA Media

As part of its response to the UK's sanctions on illegal West Bank settlements, the Israeli government has banned 11 MPs from entering Israel.

The list includes all five Green Party MPs and the former Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is now a Your Party MP.

There is a chance we might be hearing from some of them in today's session.

The 11 affected MPs are:

1.⁠ ⁠Jeremy Corbyn MP

2.⁠ ⁠Zarah Sultana MP

3.⁠ ⁠Naz Shah MP

4.⁠ ⁠Diane Abbott MP

5.⁠ ⁠Hannah Spencer MP

6.⁠ ⁠Carla Denyer MP

7.⁠ ⁠Sian Berry MP

8.⁠ ⁠Ellie Chowns MP

9.⁠ ⁠John McDonnell MP

10.⁠ ⁠Richard Burgon MP

11.⁠ ⁠Adrian Ramsay MP

Image source, PA Media

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has just left his residence at No 10 Downing Street to head over to the House of Commons.

He'll be grilled by Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch and other MPs when proceedings begin at midday - you'll be able to watch live at the top of the page.

One of the subjects that could come up is the UK's decision to sanction illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

Yesterday, Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced an import ban on goods from the settlements.

In a major shift in the UK government's policy towards Israel, the foreign secretary also accused the Israeli government of turning a blind eye to what he called "ethnic cleansing" by settlers he described as "terrorists".

In response, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced the closure of the British consulate in East Jerusalem as part of a number of "counter-measures" against the UK.

The Tories have already condemned the sanctions, and this morning Saar thanked the Conservative Party for its "firm opposition to the hostile Labour government's announcement". He said he had spoken to Kemi Badenoch and shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat yesterday.

The sanctions had a warmer reception from the Lib Dems, who said they support "robustly challenging the illegal actions" of the Israeli government.

Andy Burnham has been prime minister since June, but he held his first PMQs just last week after Parliament returned from summer recess.

In that session, most questions focused on the economy. Badenoch pressed Burnham on how he would deal with the UK's increasing debt, after the cost of borrowing reached an 18-year high.

In a similar tone to his predecessor Keir Starmer, Burnham blamed the previous Tory government, saying the "turbulence on global markets are because of that exposure that they left behind".

• Read more: Burnham's PMQs debut shows the challenge of delivering new style of politics

Image source, House of Commons

Prime Minister Andy Burnham will be facing Tory leader Kemi Badenoch, and hearing from MPs across the House of Commons, when this week's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) kicks off soon.

It comes one day after the UK government announced it would be imposing sanctions on illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.

The move has been strongly criticised by the Tories, with shadow foreign secretary Tom Tugendhat saying turning Israel into a "pariah" would risk a "further rise in antisemitic violence on our own streets".

It's also the first PMQs since protests against small boat arrivals in Dover and Portsmouth caused major disruption over the weekend.

We'll be bringing you live coverage and analysis from Westminster, stay with us.