CLACTON MP Douglas Carswell asked Twitter users for suggestions before questioning David Cameron during today’s Prime Minister's Questions.

The Ukip MP secured one of the coveted slots to ask the Prime Minister a question in the House of Commons.

He used the opportunity to ask Twitter users what they would like him to ask.

Mr Carswell, who was greeted with boos as he stood, said: “Before the last election the Prime Minister repeatedly promised to cut immigration. Instead it has gone up. Net immigration is now three times higher than he promised. Why has he failed?”

Mr Cameron replied: “We cut net migration from outside the European Union, but inside the European Union we have created more jobs than the rest of the European Union put together.

“And so now what we need to do is to reform welfare, to make sure that people who come from other European Union countries cannot claim unemployment benefit, leave after six months without a job and have to work for four years before they get tax credits.

“That’s what you’ll get if you get a conservative government after the next election.”

Mr Carswell tweeted that booing when Ukip raise issues about immigration during Prime Minister's Questions is "orchestrated" by his former party's whips.

Responding to a tweet from the Gazette, he said: "[The booing] shows the arrogance of the Westminster boys' club. Constituents asked me to ask about immigration. This is how Government responds.

He added: "I crowd-sourced a question on Twitter. Ministers crowd-sourced booing in response. They don't want us to talk about immigration."