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BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith says that Keith Vaz's decision to ask a question in the Commons amid allegations about his private life seemed to be a move to "test the waters" and "send out a signal to colleagues that he intends to try and stay where he is", as chairman of the Home Affairs Committee.

But he notes that previous select committee chairmen who have found themselves caught in newspaper stings have stood down on the grounds that they did not want to damage the work of the committee.

"Although Mr Vaz has not been explicit about whether he'll stand down, I think the chances are he will, or if not, he'll be asked to," Norman adds.

The prime minister Theresa May has said a points-based system will not help to control immigration.

Labour MP Keith Vaz, who is facing claims in the Sunday Mirror he paid for the services of male escorts, calls on the government to enforce the handing over of passports as bail conditions for terror-related offences.

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Thanking others for their tributes, Lord Fowler jokes he's broken the "female monopoly" on role of Lord Speaker and that if he slips up, the Lords leader and shadow leader will think: "What do you expect from a man?"  

He makes the observation that the Lords is somewhat "crowded", suggesting he is willing to back calls for Lords reform in his new position. 

Two months on from the UK's vote to leave the EU we look at how some of the claims from both sides turned out.

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Labour MP and Home Affairs Committee chairman Keith Vaz - who is facing questions over allegations published in the Sunday Mirror about his private life - is in the Commons, and welcomes the home secretary to her post during Home Office questions.

He raises a question about terror suspects and their passports, saying they should be required to hand over the documents as a precondition of bail.

Amber Rudd, responding, says the government is looking at the best way to deal with the matter, adding: "Rest assured that we do take it very seriously."

Clips from Daily Politics and Sunday Politics interviews hosted by Andrew Neil and Jo Coburn or films from our reporting team.

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Yesterday, the government announced that enough local authority places to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next four years have been secured.

This means the UK is on track to deliver the promise made by former PM David Cameron to resettle 20,000 Syrian refugees by 2020.

A total of £10m has also been pledged for language tuition to help refugees integrate, the Home Office said.

So far about 2,800 Syrians have arrived in the UK, latest figures suggest.

Read more here.

Leicester's Narborough Road is one of the most cosmopolitan in Britain, according to the London School of Economics.

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Labour MP Wayne David asks what the government is doing to help the "literally hundreds of children in Calais who have a legal right to be re-united with their families in this country".

These children are putting their "lives at risk" by jumping on "trains and lorries".

Home Secretary Amber Rudd says the government have already taken 120 children this year, and have agreed to take a further 15.

But "we have an obligation" to work within the EU and French law, she tells MPs. 

Responding to a later question, Ms Rudd adds that the government must be careful not to encourage traffickers to bring in more children.

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The Lords start with tributes to former Lord Speaker Baroness D'Souza, with Lords Leader Baroness Evans of Bowes Park saying she provided a "strong and distinguished voice" for the House. 

She welcomes the new speaker, Lord Fowler, saying he brings a "wealth of experience" to the role. 

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Business in the House of Commons is under way, as the new home secretary, Amber Rudd, and ministers from her department field questions from MPs - including on Syrian refugees being settled in the UK.

The SNP's Joanna Cherry asks the government to extend its commitment to take in 20,000 Syrian refugees beyond 2020 and to "open it up to other refugees in need of protection".

Mrs Rudd says "there is still work to do" to welcome the 20,000 refugees, and says she announced at the weekend additional funding for language courses.

"For now we won't go further but we will of course continually keep it under review," she adds.

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Conservative MP Michael Tomlinson get business under way in the House of Commons by asking what support is made available to councils offering places to vulnerable Syrian families.

Home Secretary Amber Rudd said that five years of tapered funding is available to all local authorities taking part in the voluntary scheme.

Because of this "essential financial support" the government will help turn the pledges to resettle 20,000 refugees "into places", she tells MPs.

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Speaker John Bercow begins today's business on a sombre note.

He notes that on 4 September 1916 Duncan Fredrick Campbell, external, the MP for North Ayrshire, died of wounds received at the first battle of Ypres and on the Western Front in World War I.

"We remember him," Mr Bercow says.

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MPs who rebel against the party could struggle to be reselected after the boundary review, it has been claimed.

David Osland, a long-time Labour member who has written a pamphlet on how to reselect MPs, debated with Labour's Chuka Umunna, Conservative MP Theresa Villiers and Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn.