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Shadow Brexit minister Paul Blomfield says his party wants to "make sure that our departure from the EU takes place on the best possible terms for the UK". 

He says that his party - that's Labour - will support today's motion.

He says that by guaranteeing the rights of EU citizens in the UK, Britain would be "setting a marker" for how the rest of the EU would treat UK citizens living there.

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Home Office Minister Robert Goodwill accuses the motion of not going far enough.

If the motion had extended protection to British citizens living in the EU, Mr Goodwill says he would have supported it.

That it doesn't cover such people, he says, is "a fatal omission".

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The Treasury Committee is about to question the Chancellor, Philip Hammond, external, on his role and priorities.

He'll be joined by Mark Bowman, the director general, International and EU, at the Treasury.

You can watch the session using the tabs at the top of this page.

Here's the membership of the committee:

• Steve Baker, external, Conservative
• Mark Garnier, external, Conservative
• Helen Goodman, external, Labour
• Stephen Hammond, external, Conservative
• George Kerevan, external, Scottish National Party
• John Mann, external, Labour
• Chris Philp, external, Conservative
• Jacob Rees-Mogg, external, Conservative
• Rachel Reeves, external, Labour
• Wes Streeting, external, Labour
• Andrew Tyrie, external, (Chair) Conservative  

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Joanna Cherry tells MPs that Scotland has an emigration problem not an immigration problem.

She suggests that immigration powers should be devolved to Scotland in reflection of their different needs.

However she adds: "I won't be holding my breath."

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Conservative MP Ken Clarke intervenes to say he shares the SNP's sentiments but cautions against arousing "a sense of insecurity".

He says there is no member of the Commons who wants to remove EU nationals and equally he has not met a European politician who wants to remove British nationals living in Europe.

He therefore concludes that the debate is "artificial".

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The SNP's justice and home affairs spokesperson Joanna Cherry is speaking for the motion. She says the failure to guarantee the rights of EU nationals is "contrary to the British tradition".

Conservative Desmond Swayne intervenes to ask if she would go into hard headed negotiations "armed only with the glow of the moral high ground".

Joanna Cherry replies that she would never enter into negotiations "using people as bargaining chips".

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MPs now move to the debate on the rights of EU nationals in the UK.

The SNP have tabled a motion calling on the government to ensure that all nationals from other countries in the EU living in the UK can retain their current rights "including the rights to live and work in the UK".

The government has declined to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in the UK without a similar agreement from other EU members on Britons living abroad.

There are currently 2.9 million EU nationals living in the UK.

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Labour's Kevan Jones is speaking to introduce his Ten Minute Rule Bill to tighten up regulations on cosmetic surgery. He's campaigning on the issue after a constituent came to him for help after botched surgery on her eyes, which left her unable to close them.

He says that current laws allow "any qualified doctor" to perform cosmetic surgery, with no further training needed.

He also condemns cosmetic surgery being sold "like double glazing", and says some practitioners offer "two for one offers". He wants "aggressive marketing" to be banned.

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Lord O'Neill pulls an Andrew RT Davies while asking his question, saying: what constraints might be posed on future security cooperation "if the government decides to remove the UK from the ECJ's jurisdiction after breakfast... Brexit."

David Jones responds saying the supremacy of the ECJ in the UK will cease and that therefore there will be new bilateral arrangements with the continuing EU. 

He says the country voted to leave the EU, and that includes the supremacy of the ECJ. 

And for those who want to see it again, here's that Brexit/Breakfast moment from the Conservative Party conference:

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Just a couple of loose ends from the Lords committee session from before PMQs. Asked what departments hope to achieve during Brexit negotiations, minister for exiting the EU, David Jones, says the government is looking to have "if not precisely crystallised, at least a highly developed position by the time we serve our Article 50 notice".

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Conservative MP Kevin Foster says the "right" decision has been made, but asks what's being done to get people better deals on their annuities? He points out that many people liked the idea of selling their annuities for a cash sum because they had poor value annuities and wanted a way out.

Minister Simon Kirby says the government remains "committed" to pension freedoms and helping people get the most for their money but "this particular way was not the right way forward".

The SNP's Margaret Ferrier follows up, pointing out that the question wasn't answered, but neither she nor the DUP's Sammy Wilson, nor the SDLP's Mark Durkan who all ask variations on the same question appear satisfied by the minister's response.

BBC chief political correspondent Vicki Young has been at the post-PMQs media huddle. 

The PM's spokeswoman confirms there will only be one vote on airport capacity and that this is likely to be at the end of next year following a year-long consultation.

Asked about when Mrs May became aware of concerns about the conduct of the child abuse inquiry, the spokeswoman says concerns were raised with the top civil servant at the Home Office on 29 July.

But she stresses that the inquiry is independent and ministers cannot step in unless there is a formal complaint.

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Shadow Treasury minister Peter Dowd asks when the decision was made to abandon the policy and who decided. He asks if there's been another case of "interference by the prime minister".

Minister Simon Kirby says it had become "increasingly apparent" that it was a bad deal for consumers and it was "unlikely" to provide the sort of tax income that was initially promised. 

He doesn't say who made the final decision, but talks about "many conversations" with the DWP and the minister for pensions.

To assist the government's defence, he quotes the Association of British Insurers saying abandoning annuity sales was the "right decision for the right reasons".

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Lib Dem Greg Mulholland has tabled an urgent question on the government's u-turn on plans to allow pensioners to trade their annuities for a lump sum of money.

The change was supposed to go ahead in April 2017, but will now not happen.

Economic Secretary to the Treasury Simon Kirby says the government has given more "freedom" to pensioners. 

But that after consulting "extensively" to "establish whether people would be able to get a good deal", the government has decided that "we are not taking this policy further". 

He indicates that the government did not believe such a market would be big enough to enable pensioners to get value for money with protections for the most vulnerable.

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Laura Kuenssberg says it was a tricky outing for Mrs May with a number of unanswered questions on key issues. What was striking for her is what the PM said about the child abuse inquiry and Brexit. The PM, she says, seems to be saying she was aware of concerns about the inquiry but that it was wrong for ministers to intervene, begging the question of what she knew and when. 

On the EU, she says Mrs May hinted that she was about to embark on lengthy discussions on the UK's exit and other related issues - which begged the question whether they could stretch beyond the two years stipulated in the Lisbon Treaty and what the implications would be if that were the case. 

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The half hour session has been allowed to run on past the scheduled 12:30 BST end time in recent years by Speaker Bercow to make up for interruptions from MPs. But today's session carried on until 12:45 BST. Could that be a record?