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In the first “crowd-sourced” PMQs, Jeremy Corbyn asked questions that came from members of the public.

The U.K.’s Liberal Democrats are seeking to profit from the turmoil surrounding the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Party leader as they rebuild after a near-wipeout in May’s general election.

But she came under fire from Ms Abbott, a supporter of Mr Corbyn and the new Shadow Secretary of State for global Development, who said she was being “sanctimonious” and told her “you’re not the only feminist in the PLP (Parliamentary Labour Party)”.

The senior Labour MP, appointed by Jeremy Corbyn to lead the party’s economic policy, said it had been a “mistake” to use the words and accepted he had “clearly” caused offence.

His current shadow justice secretary, Lord Falconer, said he would resign if Labour did anything less than back the “Stay” campaign.

Corbyn, who voted “no” to Britain’s membership of the forerunner to the European Union in a 1975 referendum, has been ambiguous about his views, saying he wants to see what reforms Prime Minister David Cameron is able to achieve.

The Conservative front bench wasted no time in mentioning the issue of the national anthem during Commons exchanges ahead of the new Labour leader’s first outing at Prime Minister’s Questions.

Jeremy Corbyn was yesterday facing the threat of Labour defections after days of turmoil over his leadership.

Mr Corbyn said that while policy was “developing” he could not foresee a situation where Labour would campaign for a “Brexit” under his leadership.

Corbyn was cheered by Labour MPs as he rose to his feet.

NFU President Meurig Raymond said: “We look forward to working with Kerry McCarthy MP in her new role as shadow Defra Secretary”.

After the chaos of the past four days, Jeremy Corbyn’s first Prime Minister’s Questions as leader of the opposition looked set to demonstrate a fractured Labour party in disarray.

“He has a good team working for him“. “He is very determined that this will be a serious opportunity to put serious questions to the Prime Minister to which people want real answers”, she said.

In August 2014, she was given the newly-created role of shadow minister for preventing violence against women and girls by the then Labour leader Ed Miliband.

The veteran left-wing MP was taking on David Cameron for the first time in the House of Commons, since his landslide leadership election on Saturday.