Sean Curran
Parliamentary correspondent

A spokesman for the Labour leader says if Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as party leader later this month, rebuilding relations with mainstream Labour MPs will be an important part of re-establishing his leadership.

The aide said there would be moves to create a closer and better relationship between the party leadership and Labour MPs and to bring the Labour Party back together in parliament so that it could be an effective opposition to the government. 

About 100 protesters with disabilities, many in wheelchairs, gathered on Westminster Bridge earlier to protest against cuts to benefits. 

Their protest was timed to coincide with the start of the Paralympic Games.

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Education Minister Lord Nash replies that the government is looking at a "range of options" to allow students to "go as far as their talents will take them".

He acknowledges the media speculation cause by yesterday's leak but says the policy will "come forward in due course".

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Leader of the House of Lords, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, is now repeating Theresa May's statement on the G20 for peers.

The full statement is available on Hansard here., external

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Lord Nash says there is "no evidence" to support the claims of the outgoing chief inspector of Ofsted Sir Michael Wilshaw.

Sir Michael said earlier in the week that the idea that poor children will benefit from a return of grammar schools is "tosh" and "nonsense".

Lord Nash argues that he is a "great fan" of Sir Michael's, but says the government are "keeping an open mind" on grammar schools.

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Leave campaigners in the EU referendum called for a points-based immigration system, similar to that used in Australia, to be applied to migrants entering the UK.

It would see migrants granted a right to enter the country based on their personal attributes and ability to contribute to society through their occupational status.

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In the Australian system, points are awarded for factors including age, qualifications and previous experience working abroad.

But earlier this week Prime Minister Theresa May said she doesn't favour that approach as it would not let the government control arrivals.

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Labour peer Lord Watson of Invergowrie calls the government response a "non-denial".

"Something's must be afoot," he argues, and calls for the government to give an "assurance" there will be no "ruses" to allow an expansion of grammar schools.

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Labour's education spokesman in the Lords is asking Private Notice Question on the government's plans to expand the grammar schools programme.

Plans to open new grammar schools in England appear to have been accidentally caught by a photographer yesterday.

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Laboru peer Lord Dubs, who came to Britain on the Kindertransport programme for Jewish children, questions the government on plans to build a wall to prevent migrants boarding lorries at Calais.

Baroness Williams of Trafford says the wall is being built to "protect from migrants' attempts to disrupt, delay or attack the port".

The most notable thing Mark Carney has said so far is that the Bank of England's could still increase its stimulus package, according to Spreadex analyst Connor Campbell. 

"Carney said there was still scope to increase BoE stimulus package, though Kristin Forbes did temper expectations by reiterating that the bank’s tools aren’t limitless. This news didn’t have much impact on the FTSE or the pound this afternoon, though the comments arguably did firm-up the gains and losses seen respectively by both," he notes. 

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A Devon MP has called upon the government to ensure farmers get a good deal in any future Brexit negotiations.

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Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, Neil Parish, told the Commons he welcomed the Chancellor's recent decision to guarantee EU funding for farmers up until 2020.

He told the Prime Minister: "We need to make sure the farming and food processing industry is protected through trade deals we do in the future."

Theresa May said she had every intention of working with farmers during future trade negotiations.

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Labour’s Chuka Umunna notes that Lowell Goddard called for the scope of the inquiry to be limited. That, he says, would not be acceptable to his constituents.

Amber Rudd agrees with the MP, saying "the terms of reference are the right ones". She continues: "We must be frank about the historic elements" of the inquiry.

Mr Umunna says that will be a great comfort to his constituents in Lambeth.

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Despite the minister's assertion that the date for ratifying the Paris Agreement is not all-important, the SNP's Callum McCaig says he is "at a loss as to why we cannot get on with this".

With China and the US having ratified, he continues, "we risk passing on the baton to others" and "risk losing the impetus" in shaping how UK industry meets the agreement's specifications. 

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Conservative peer Lord Balfe suggests that the sackings of judicial personnel following July's failed coup in Turkey were pre-meditated.

As of last week 3,688 judges and prosecutors have been sacked since the attempted military take over. 

The judiciary played an "important part in the building of the modern state", Lord Balfe argues.

But the "speed in which the list were drawn up" suggest the list was "drawn up before the coup".

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Home Office Minister Baroness Williams of Trafford tells peers that "in an ideal world" the UK would move all children in the Calais camp to the UK "tomorrow".

Campaigners say they have identified almost 400 refugee children living in the so-called Jungle camp in Calais who are eligible to come to the UK.  

According to the campaign group Citizens UK, there are 800 unaccompanied children among some 7,000 refugees living in the Calais camp.  

"But we can't just take a child out of the country," she argues.

"Due process being followed is in the best interests of the child" and the "welfare of the child is utmost".

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Labour's David Winnick asks about what he sees as a contradiction between Lowell Goddard's original commitment to the inquiry and her subsequent resignation. 

Amber Rudd admits she shares the MPs confusion - "the only person who can answer that is Judge Goddard".

Mr Winnick moves on to asking if the timescale of the inquiry is too long.

The home secretary says she can't suggest a timescale to the new inquiry chair, Alexis Jay. However she says she does want the inquiry to be done with "pace, confidence and clarity".

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Liberal Democrat peer Lord Wallace of Saltaire asks whether the government still supports Turkey joining the EU, despite the Brexit vote.

Foreign Office Minister Baroness Anelay of St Johns replies that the government's position has not changed as it is "still a member of the EU" and maintains "bi-lateral relationships with Turkey".

The UK is "committed to supporting security and prosperity" across Europe, she adds.

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Opening for the government in today's opposition day debate, Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Minister Nick Hurd says he's "disappointed by the tone" used by Labour's Barry Gardiner in his speech. 

He argues that tackling climate change should be a bipartisan issue and the divisions between Labour and the Conservatives on this have been "entirely manufactured, stretched and distorted" by the opposition. 

In 2015, nearly 200 countries reached a deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C, now known as the Paris Agreement.

Mr Hurd tells MPs the UK has signed the agreement and the real "game-changer" is US agreement to the deal, "not the precise date of when we lay a command order to ratify it". 

Mark Carney is still being pushed on whether his rate cut and the Bank's bond buying programme will help banks boost their profits rather than help people who need to borrow money.

Mr Carney insists that is not the case.

"We do think we have it calibrated accurately and have got our incentives right. There should not be an issue with access to credit," he says.