BBC News Online users give their views on his performance below.

This is all very well but he should be appearing before any select committees, which have a more backbencher membership, whenever they want him.

It's faux accountability on a grand scale

Paul Morgan, England

The Chancellor and other ministers already usually (regularly) do this when asked and are questioned for hours at a time.

An exception should not be made for the PM.

Such unscripted sessions wouldn't be 80% theatre because select committees are far less partisan in atmosphere than question times.
Adam McKenna, Northern Ireland

He seems to have answered the questions in a less political, more understandable way, without trying to dress up any sore points with jargon.

The backlash has started and he needs to start treating us with respect

D Evans, UK

I suppose the edge is taken off his performance when you realise that, although he answered well, it was more than a little scripted and so I would be surprised if it were possible for him to have made any mistakes at all.

Having said that, cynicism still can't get around the fact that he did answer all of the questions in a (personally) satisfactory way, scripted or not.
Q, UK/Germany

On the surface the question and answer session seemed to be a very good idea.

I think Tony Blair has a vision but people are really impatient in waiting for the reforms to materialise

Raj, USA

If it were expanded so there was a session like it every 6 months and the questions did not have to be pre-approved it would be a great idea.
Mark, England

It's faux accountability on a grand scale.

Blair will not change his mind on any matter, so why bother coming before MPs with questions that he's already rehearsed the answers to.

Why not have a panel of real people selected randomly from the UK who can ask their own questions and actually grill the prime minister and make him account for his policies, instead of the fawning idiots that bark but cannot bite!
paul morgan, England

I thought the Prime Minister was well presented, well briefed, courteous to his questioners and supremely confident in his own abilities.

In other words he behaved in much the same manner as he usually does, though the media usually presents this reality filtered through it's own set of biases.
Steven Efstathiou, London UK

He is devious, manipulative and hypocritical.

I think Tony Blair is so false... so wet! How can you English stand him?

Reyes Poyofrito, Spain

Stealthy and ever increasing taxes and spin spin spin seem the order of the day.

They seem to try and 'get away' with as much as they can.

The electorate feels deceived and duped and new policies such as taxing congestion (a genius solution...) whilst public transport is already expensive & fuel over-taxed do not endear the electorate.

The backlash has started and he needs to start treating us with respect, not as pawns in a political game if he is to retain a further term in office...
D Evans, uk

I think Tony Blair is so false... so wet! How can you English stand him?
reyes poyofrito, Spain

Blair is so far up Bush's rear-end that his views on the Middle East and Iraq are in fact a plan to grab the oil wealth.

If Blair is working to pre-arranged questions then it is simply a stage act

Michael Dean, England

Also it is both Bush's and his desire to appease the Jewish supporters and extend the war against the Muslim peoples of the world.

People in the rest of the world have to understand the American desire to control the wealth of the world for the total benefit of the Administration leaders. ie Bush and his hatchet men.
Dick Evernden, Canada

What beats me is how anybody still takes anything Tony Blair says seriously.

Personally I haven't been able to listen to him with a straight face since the Lady Di funeral.

His performance as George Bush's "special friend" is embarrassing... and I'm not even English!
Mortadelo Y Filemon, Spain

With pre arranged questions Blair did a Henry Ford.

Ask me whatever you like, but this, this and that are off limits.

If that is what Blair thinks accountability means, we at least know a lot more about Blair now than we did yesterday.
Ian McCord, UK

if Blair is working to pre-arranged questions then it is simply a stage act with every word and action rehearsed and all the difficult issues are avoided.

A waste of time!
Michael Dean, England

Sounds rather like the Mr Blair we have come to mistrust.

What exactly was he saying? There isn't much meat around the bones of his comments.

What happened to the rigorous debate which in the old days was called Prime Minister's Question Time?
Brenda Gingell, UK

Mr Blair is an idealist who is like a rabbit caught in the headlights.

His recognition that there needs to be cross party political consensus on a number of issues is important

Wendy McLean, UK

He can never deliver what he promises since he berated the now opposition for spending only what the nation can afford.

Our expectations as voters are to have good services without paying more in taxes.

When direct taxes rise we will not want to work more for less and the 1970's style decline will repeat itself.
Simon Walters, England

Can the MPs actually take any action against Tony Blair if they don't like what they hear?

If not then this whole exercise would appear to be completely pointless.
Patrick, UK

I have to say - "What's the point?". All of the opposition leaders of the Select Groups (seven of them) should not have attended the meeting in protest of having to agree the questions with the Prime Minister in advance. This is just another example of government spin.
Steve, UK

His recognition that there needs to be cross party political consensus on a number of issues is important. I totally agree.

Blair has done a very good job of portraying a PM in touch with the people

Adam, UK

I don't believe that one party has all the answers and I feel the 'swing of the pendulum' at election times is ultimately damaging to the country.
Wendy McLean, UK

I think that to date, Blair has done a very good job of portraying a PM in touch with the people and in touch with policy in general.

Now that we have passed the original manifesto pledges to Education etc. it will be interesting to see if Blair can adapt to the new political climate and address the new issues that face him.

It will also be interesting to see how Labour manage the economy over the coming term.
Adam, UK

Not bad, but the image is a real problem. Needs to be seen as more accountable, less presidential.
Stella Blacklaws, England

What a waste of time - why is President Blair being grilled by a load of MPs who have no doubt been told what to ask.

It's another load of media gloss, and exactly why I won't be voting for him again next time.
Tim Smith, England

Questions without prior knowledge never result in a satisfactory answer.

The electorate just like to see government officials squirm as it gives them a sense of power, yet it achieves nothing more.

He is compassionate, knowledgeable, assertive and confident - all the things we need in a leader

Mary Hicks, currently US

The point is that the PM is being held to account.

It is up to us to listen to what he has to say and then come to our own decisions, not those of the press or the government.

More of these sessions will allow us to think for ourselves - which can only be a good thing.
Alex, London, UK

How I wish I could have seen it.

I'm sure he was brilliant as always.

I cannot understand the desire amongst the media and even some of the Labour supporters to try and weaken a leader who obviously wants the best (and appears to be getting it)for the UK.

He is compassionate, knowledgeable, assertive and confident. All the things we need in a leader. Long may he reign!
Mary Hicks, currently USA

Never have I seen anyone as good as Tony Blair at not answering a direct question.

I am hoping Tony Blair continues as PM for many years to come

Justine Jones

If he was a little more honest when responding to questions we would all feel a little more confident that he at least knows what he is trying to achieve.

In short spin and dodgy would sum him up perfectly.
John Brough, England

I think Tony Blair has a vision but people are really impatient in waiting for the reforms to materialise.

They need to wait for at least another two years or let us say, till the next election and judge his performance.

I think Tony Blair is the only prime minister after Thatcher to be well know in America.

If Britain wants to be a major player in world politics I think, Tony Blair is the best bet.
Raj, USA

I wish I could go to meetings where I knew what questions to expect.

Is he really answering them or are his spin doctors preparing the answers in advance for him?

Call me cynical.

Darren Lloyd, Wales

I am hoping Tony Blair continues as PM for many years to come.

Although he has not lived up to his promises in some ways, I still believe that he has better intentions than other politicians.
Justine Jones, UK