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SNP Westminster leader Angus Roberston says the Conservatives' 2015 election manifesto promised to protect the UK's interests in the single market.

He calls on the government to "respect the 62% of Scottish voters who voted to remain in the European Union" and protect Scottish interests.

Scottish Secretary David Mundell says the UK government needs to respect leave voters too, telling Mr Robertson that a "higher proportion of voters in his constituency voted to leave the EU than voted for him".

Mr Mundell says the government is committed to the "best possible deal".

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Agriculture minister George Eustice, pressed on whether Parliament should have a role in Britain's exit from the EU, says he believes the decision to trigger Article 50 and the negotiations there are after "are for the executive".

He adds: "Once we've left the EU and re-established control here, people will be able to change things in future."

Meanwhile, Labour MP Jack Dromey argues that Britain must have tariff-free access to the single market or it will damage British industry.

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A Brexit-supporting MP calls for more Parliamentary scrutiny during an interview with Andrew Neil, after co-presenter Jo Coburn looks at at the maths behind Labour posing 170 Brexit questions - one every day until the PM's deadline for triggering Article 50 in March.

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Scotland questions opens with Scottish Secretary David Mundell answering the same question from three SNP MPs, on "the potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on the economy of Scotland".

Mr Mundell says leaving the EU is an "opportunity" for Scotland.

The SNP's Carol Monaghan wants to know which powers repatriated from the EU will be reserved to the UK Parliament and which will be devolved.

Mr Mundell says Brexit will "change the devolution settlement" but tells the SNP that no powers currently devolved to the Scottish Parliament will be brought back to Westminster.

As Barack Obama prepares to leave office first time voters who supported him in 2008 give their verdict on his presidency.

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The Guardian's Mary Dejevsky considers the foreign secretary's Russian embassy protest call, and comments that "you never quite know what Boris Johnson is up to".

Mary says it's not quite true that there have been no protests outside the Russian embassy, because there have been sporadic mini-protests.

EU students applying for places at Welsh universities for the next academic year will be eligible for loans and grants, ministers confirm.

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Shadow Brexit minister Keir Starmer has defended Labour's decision to force a debate on the government's strategy for Britain leaving the EU.

He told the BBC News Channel that Parliament needs to know the "broad terms" that are going to define the future for the country, businesses and jobs - but not all of the detail. 

Sir Keir said MPs want to know about the government's basic approach to the single market, along with trading issues around freedom of movement, security, Europol and Northern Ireland.

The UK's financial contribution to the EU was one of the most contentious issues in the EU referendum campaign. Vote Leave pledged to repatriate £350m a week - its estimate of the UK's gross weekly contributions to the EU if the UK left.

But since the Brexit vote, Prime Minister Theresa May has been noticeably silent on the subject. Could that be because we won't be getting that money back anytime soon? Newsnight's political editor Nicholas Watt has the story.

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The House of Commons allocates debating days in each session to enable opposition parties to table the motion for debate.

Today is in the hands of the main opposition party, Labour, which is calling for "a full and transparent debate on the government's plan for leaving the EU" and for the House of Commons to be "able properly to scrutinise that plan for leaving the EU before Article 50 is invoked".

The SNP has proposed an amendment calling for the devolved administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to be involved in scrutiny as well.

The government has also tabled its own amendment, calling for the referendum vote to leave the EU to be respected - and for any parliamentary process not to "undermine the negotiating position of the government" in talks with the EU on the UK's exit.

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MPs meet from 11:30am to put questions to the Secretary of State for Scotland.

At noon, Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn have their weekly clash at Prime Minister's Questions - the first since the party conferences and Mr Corbyn's re-election as Labour leader.

Conservative MP Alex Chalk follows that with a ten minute rule bill to increase the maximum sentences for stalking offences.

Then Labour will lead an opposition day debate on "parliamentary scrutiny of the UK leaving the EU". Labour is pressing ministers to set out their Brexit strategy to MPs before formal negotiations begin.

After 7pm, Conservative Andrew Selous will lead a short debate on policies towards gypsies and travellers.

The government faces a court challenge on Thursday that could delay Brexit, as lawyers argue Theresa May cannot take the country out of the EU without a parliamentary vote.

The case was initially brought by British hairdresser Deir Dos Santos, and Gina Miller, co-founder of SCM Direct investment managers, before being joined by a group of self-styled "ordinary citizens". 

David Greene, senior partner at law firm Edwin Coe LLP, is advising on the Dos Santos judicial review, supporting Dominic Chambers QC.

He claims the Labour motion calling for "proper scrutiny" of discussions around Brexit doesn't call for a vote and describes the government's amendment as "meaningless window dressing".

Mr Greene said he could see a position where Parliament votes against the repeal of the European Communities Act "but it will make little or no difference to our continued membership of the EU".

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Chair Maria Miller asks all the witnesses to answer yes or no on whether a 50-50 gender balance in Parliament would be a good thing. 

All three witnesses answer "yes", and the evidence session draws to a close.

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Labour's Jess Phillips challenges Tim Farron over what she calls "sexist" language used by her predecessor, John Hemming, and asks what he is doing to stamp out sexism. 

Mr Farron says leaders should "distance themselves" from any such comments and give the message it's not acceptable.

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Labour's Gavin Shuker asks whether there's anything inherent in liberalism which prevents positive discrimination. 

Mr Farron says he doesn't think so, describing his philosophy as "muscular liberalism" and arguing there's no contradiction between being a liberal and wanting your party to look more like the country. 

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Conservative Ben Howlett makes a number of claims about "disgraceful" comments made about gay Conservative candidates. 

He goes on to tell the committee that there were reports Mr Farron told other MPs he would "pray for them" if they voted for same-sex marriage. 

Mr Farron strenuously objects to this as an "untruth" and asks Mr Howlett to withdraw it. 

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Lib Dem leader Tim Farron argues female representation is better in countries with proportional representation. 

He says boosting the number of female candidates is easier in a party with a large number of seats, which the Lib Dems don't have. 

He specifies they are aiming for a 50-50 division between male and female candidates in regions where they got over 20% of the vote in the last election.

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Labour's Gill Furniss charges the Lib Dems with having a "lamentable record" on gender balance.

Lib Dem leader Tim Farron says it's even worse than she describes. 

He suggests what he can change is the make-up of shortlists but "if you don't shift the culture at the grassroots you don't deal with the cause only the symptom".

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Former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told BBC 5 live that he believes Britain will not be able to negotiate a full trade deal to replace existing arrangements until after 2020.

He told 5 live's Emma Barnett it would take "years and years and years....  For sure not during this parliament."

Mr Clegg worked on EU trade deals before entering politics, and said: "This is really hard-bitten stuff and what so many people in Westminster and Whitehall don't seem to appreciate is the rest of the world is moving on."

He also revealed that Theresa May never spoke about foreign affairs or economics during Cabinet meetings.

He said she was a "strong if narrowly-focused home secretary".

Mr Clegg also criticised Conservative proposals on foreign workers. Referring to his Spanish-born wife Miriam Gonzalez Durantez, he said: "What next? Do I have to declare that I have a Spanish wife? 

"This government has no clue what to do next and that's why they should be held to account in the traditional way on the floor of the Commons."

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Asked about other under-represented groups, the SNP's Angus Robertson declares himself "very proud to be leader of the gayest party in Parliament".

He notes that ethnic minorities make up a smaller proportion of the Scottish population than in the rest of the UK, arguing there's a "structural" difference between women's representation and others'.