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Later today, Labour MP Ruth Cadbury will present a Ten Minute Rule Bill to allow taxpayers to self-certify a conscientious objection to public spending on defence.

Mrs Cadbury, one of three Quakers to be elected in 2015, wants the Treasury to take account of the amount and proportion of such self-certified income tax income in preparing the supply estimates.

Then MPs turn to the second reading of the Higher Education and Research Bill, external - which makes it easier for new high-quality providers to start up and achieve degree awarding powers, and secure university status.

The bill creates a new student-focused regulator, the Office for Students and creates a single research and innovation funding body, United Kingdom Research and Innovation - UKRI.

The adjournment is on cockling in the Dee Estuary led by Labour's Margaret Greenwood.

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Speaker John Bercow opens proceedings in the House of Commons by announcing the resignations of Conservative MPs Jesse Norman and Nicola Blackwood as select committee chairs, following their appointments as ministers.

Mr Bercow says he hopes to hold elections for the chairs of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee and the Science and Technology Committee in the September sitting of Parliament.

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Labour should not rule out holding a second EU referendum, one of the party’s front benchers has said.

Asked whether there should be another vote on Britain’s membership, Jonathan Ashworth said: “We need to look at it. I don’t think we should be ruling things in or out.”

The shadow minister without portfolio said Labour members were “absolutely devastated” by the result and must “have their voice heard”.

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Shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry has tabled an urgent question asking ministers for a statement on the recent developments in Turkey.

This could mean Boris Johnson will have his first turn addressing the Commons as foreign secretary, at about 12:30 BST - unless a junior minister answers instead.

Before that the new chancellor, Philip Hammond, answers questions from MPs.

Theresa May's new cabinet has been described as "a variety of right-wingers, failures and disgraced returnees from the backbenches" by shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth.

According to the website LabourList, external, the shadow cabinet office minister said:

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Jo Coburn is joined by Conservative MP Ken Clarke to discuss the vote to renew Trident with former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, and the outlook for the economy after the vote to leave the EU. 

The New Zealand High Commissioner, Sir Lockwood Smith, appears alongside former justice minister and leading Leave campaigner Dominic Raab to discuss the prospects for the UK’s international trade.

And there will be an update on the US elections with Andrew Neil, making a guest appearance live from New York. UK viewers can watch live from 12:00 to 13:00 BST.

Leaving home today, Angela Eagle is asked if she is confident she can beat Jeremy Corbyn.

“We haven’t started the campaign yet – I’m confident we can make the case that you can’t have someone who’s completely lost the support of the PLP leading the PLP,” the Labour leadership contender said.

Would she accept a "unity candidate" being chosen by the Parliamentary Labour Party - either her or Owen Smith?

“Let’s wait and see what happens," Ms Eagle responds. "The PLP have had talks with Owen, the PLP are making nominations now.”

Mr Corbyn, meanwhile, simply told the press pack outside his house: “Very nice to see you all this morning – hope you all have a lovely day in the sun.”

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Earlier on the Today programme, former diplomat Sir Christopher Meyer said William Hague liked to use Chevening House for "moments of reflection" when he was Foreign Secretary.

Lord Hague's words appear in a piece he has penned for the Daily Telegraph,, external imparting some (occasionally barbed) advice to new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. Of the country residence in Kent, Lord Hague adds: "When you can keep Liam and David away, you will love its exceptional library. In weather like this I used to swim in the lake – although I didn’t have to worry about getting my hair wet."

Lord Hague congratulates Mr Johnson on his position and suggests he "could be very good at it" but notes: "You take up this position as the world heads further into systemic volatility and unpredictability, to which your own persuasive powers have added the massive complication of exiting the European Union. But even many who disagreed with you about that, like me, want you to do well."

He advises Mr Johnson to "make the most of your unusual advantage of being both very well known and underestimated at the same time", to "show that we are strengthening friendships, old and new" and to "focus policy-making on Turkey and the Middle East, one of the key fault lines in international affairs". Lord Hague notes that the attempted coup in Turkey produced "the first weekend crisis" for Mr Johnson, adding:

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Boris Johnson is to urge the international community to accept the Syria conflict will not end while President Assad remains in power.

The foreign secretary is hosting talks in London later with his US, French, German and Italian counterparts.

He said Russia must unite behind calls for the Syrian leader to step down.

Meanwhile, Mr Johnson and US Secretary of State John Kerry are to hold discussions for the first time following the UK vote to leave the EU.

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Sophia Money-Coutts, features director at Tatler, envisions Boris Johnson and family at Chevening holding "wiff-waff tournaments and charades after dinner - Latin charades".

And, if the foreign secretary needs to get away from David Davis and Liam Fox, "it's 3,000 acres, this place", she adds.

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The prime minister will today tell her first cabinet meeting that she wants social justice to be "at the heart of the government".

She will tell ministers: "We will not allow the country to be defined by Brexit; but instead build the education, skills, and social mobility to allow everyone to prosper from the opportunities of leaving the EU." She will reiterate her call for the government to focus on the interests of working people and not just "the privileged few".

Mrs May will also tell ministers they all have a duty to make a success of Brexit - and that it is not just the responsibility of those directly involved in the Brexit negotiations. "It will be the responsibility of everyone sitting around the Cabinet table to make Brexit work for Britain," she is expected to say.

Chancellor Philip Hammond - who last week warned that the markets had been "rattled" by Brexit - will also update the cabinet on the state of the economy following the referendum.

Later, the PM will meet the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, as well as chairing her first session of the National Security Council.

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The SNP has called for Trident missiles to be removed from Scotland after MPs voted to renew the nuclear weapons system by 472 votes to 117.

The Trident fleet is based at Faslane on the Clyde, but all Scottish MPs voted against renewal, apart from Scottish Secretary David Mundell.

The SNP said Scotland's decision against renewal should be respected.

It said the UK government should "remove these nuclear weapons of mass destruction from the Clyde".

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On Monday it was announced that Boris Johnson is to share the Foreign Secretary's country residence, Chevening in Kent, with "Brexit" cabinet ministers Liam Fox and David Davis.

Sir Christopher Meyer, who was press secretary to former Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe, describes the 17th century Chevening House as "very, very grand [and] very, very beautiful".

Another former Foreign Secretary, William Hague, regarded it as a place for reflection, Sir Christopher tells the Today programme. It is also a place to get to know your ministerial colleagues "much better", he adds.

Will the three cabinet big hitters be able to share the place? "If they can slice up the foreign policy pie they ought to be able to work out the diary for Chevening," reckons Sir Christopher.