All eyes (well, in the Westminster village certainly) will be on the House of Commons today, as David Cameron gets grilled by acting leader Harriet Harman and backbench MPs from noon. It is the last PMQs before the summer recess. That'll be followed by two statements: from Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on the Iran nuclear deal, and Theresa May on water cannons. And there's what is likely to be a bad-tempered debate on the government's revised plans to give English MPs a veto over laws that affect England only. But kicking it all off will be Scotland questions from 11:30 BST.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove says the government's proposals for a British Bill of Rights will be published in the Autumn. He points out that human rights existed before Labour's Human Rights Act - which formally enacted the European Convention on Human Rights into UK law. He tells the Commons Justice Committee that the rights in the ECHR are "admirable" but it must be ensured that they are not "abused".

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Jonathan Portes, director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, says today's unemployment figures are worrying.

Labour's response to today's UK unemployment figures - which showed a rise in the number of jobless for the first time in two years -  just in. Shadow work and pensions secretary Stephen Timms says it's "extremely concerning".

Justice Secretary Michael Gove's questioning continues. On community sentences, he tells the committee he's "open-minded" about the role they can play as an alternative to prison. But he says he would set "tough criteria" - including better tagging technology - before going "wholesale into saying this an effective alternative to custody". He's conscious of public cynicism towards the idea, he says.

What do the candidates vying for the Labour leadership make about the trade union reforms being proposed by the government?

Andy Burnham says it's an "unjustified attack" and has vowed to oppose it. He's accused ministers of waging a campaign of "demonisation" against trade unions.

Meanwhile, Yvette Cooper said the proposals are "ideologically driven" and will "pit workers against employers". "Labour must do all it can to stop these divisive and damaging measures from coming into force," she said.

Michael Gove says the government is committed to reviewing the impact of employment tribunal fees and will share the evidence when it's ready. He underlines the government's desire to balance the rights of individuals who have been unfairly dismissed with the need to ensure there's not "too promiscuous a use of employment tribunals by individuals who have been fairly dismissed".

Would the department rethink the changes if the findings showed the the new fees had severely reduced the number of claims? "Not intrinsically," the justice secretary says. He doesn't want to pre-empt the review, but he says that only if there are examples of "rough justice" should the changes be revisited.

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Average earnings increased by 3.2% in the year to May, 0.5% up on the previous month, according to the ONS's figures.

Unemployment rose by 15,000 between March and May to 1.85 million, the first rise in more than two years, official figures showed today.

The number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits last month rose by 7,000 to 804,200, the Office for National Statistics said.

Michael Gove tells MPs he's asked officials to examine if magistrates' sentencing powers can be raised and if some lower level cases can be removed. But he says he wants to be certain that any such change would not have "unintended consequences". Asked what they could be, he replies: "By definition they're an unknown unknown."

Michael Gove confirms that there'll be "more court closures" across England and Wales. But he says he'll revisit closures if "we got it wrong".

Pressed further on his plans for courts reform - in particular the timetable - Justice Secretary Michael Gove says he's waiting for the Treasury to sign off on the business case.

"I have to hold fire on making too detailed a set of announcements on the timetable until the Chancellor of the Exchequer is happy with what is done," he tells the committee.

But he says he hopes that by 2020 a "transformation"of civil and criminal justice will have taken place.

Michael Gove is making his first appearance before the Commons Justice Committee, since his appointment as secretary of state. He outlines his three priority areas: courts reform, how to deal with offenders and human rights reform.

Norman Smith
Assistant political editor

These are some of the most sweeping and radical union reforms since the 1980s. The unions fear it will make effective industrial action pretty much impossible - and say it's unnecessary as the level of strikes is almost at its lowest ever.

But ministers argue that in the wake of strikes on London Underground, for example, where people have been severely inconvenienced, they need to find a fresh balance and look again at the power of the trade unions.

What is notable is that when Margaret Thatcher introduced her reforms, it was on back of a wave of industrial discontent. Today, unions are much diminished and tamed beasts which has promoted accusations from the unions and the Labour Party that this is all partisan politics designed to knobble them.