Ministers announce a review into controversial fixed odds betting terminals to "minimise" the risk of harm from gambling.

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Lord Campbell, former Lib Dem leader Ming Campbell, asks if the "advisory referendum" has now become an instruction to government, and if it is the "intention of the government, whatever the circumstances, deal or no deal, even if it is patently against the interest of the people of the United Kingdom" to leave the EU.

Baroness Evans of Bowes Park says that the "referendum was legislated for with cross-party support to put the decision to leave or remain in the EU in the hands of the people, and we now need to get on with the job."

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Home Secretary Amber Rudd begins her statement on the situation in Calais.

"The French government today began the clearance of the migrant camp," she says.

Ms Rudd says the UK government's priorities are "to keep our borders secure", to tackle criminal gangs profiting from migrants and to ensure that people from the camp known as the Jungle are relocated to places of safety.

The clearance of the camp meets those objectives, she says.

Nicola Sturgeon says she had been left "deeply frustrated" by a meeting with the prime minister to discuss Brexit.

The prime minister's spokeswoman says there will be  "general" debates on a range of issues around Brexit, before and after Parliament's Christmas break. 

These will be on the "high-level principles of the negotiations" before talks start between the UK and the EU next year.

 Pressed on whether the debates mean there's going to be a vote on the UK's negotiating stance, she replies: "I don't think you divide on a motion for general debate."    

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Labour MP Chuka Umunna says the UK should reduce "uncertainty" for business and for workers from other EU member states.

He accuses ministers of suggesting to other EU states that "their EU citizens living here are the cause of all our problems" and urges them to be careful in the language they use.

Theresa May says Mr Umunna's impression is "quite the wrong one".

While considering EU citizens in the UK, the prime minister argues, "we must accept... that we also have a responsibility to British citizens" in other EU member states.

Mrs May says she wants the "rights of both to be guaranteed".

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Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Brexit secretary David Davis and International Trade Secretary Liam Fox listen to Theresa May's statement. 

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Labour MP Paul Flynn compares the majority vote to leave the EU to a majority of people voting to name a new UK polar research vessel Boaty McBoatface.

The Welsh MP claims that opinion has shifted in Wales since the referendum, as voters have realised that "the promises made by the Brexiteers will not be honoured".

He says Theresa May is not considering the pro-Remain vote in Scotland and Northern Ireland and accuses her of "little Englander myopia".

Mrs May tells him that "the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union". Mr Flynn and others "can try all they like to reverse the decision", she adds, but the voters have chosen. 

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Labour's leader in the House of Lords Baroness Smith of Basildon says that European Council meetings are "tricker and more awkward" for the current prime minister than they have been for other PMs. 

She says this past meeting paints a "worrying picture of the UK already starting to be sidelined".

For instance, she says, it's first time a UK leader has come back from a council meeting without having had a bilaterial meeting with the leaders of Germany or France, instead meeting with the leaders of Estonia, Romania and Greece.

She also raises reports over the weekend, external that an unnamed cabinet minister said the government might "do a Lloyd George and create a thousand peers" to overcome any opposition to their Brexit plans in the House of Lords. 

Of the House's role in Brexit she says: "we will scrutinise, we will examine, but we will not block. But neither will we be bullied." 

Welsh Secretary Alun Cairns says the UK government would have been criticised for not engaging with devolved governments if it had stated a certain position on Brexit.

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SNP MP Joanna Cherry says that if the City of London can call for a "bespoke" deal to remain in the single market, whether the government will consider the same for the UK's "second largest" financial sector in Edinburgh.

Theresa May says the UK government wants a deal that "enables the maximum possibility to trade with and operate within" the single market.

Backbench Conservative Andrew Bridgen meanwhile says EU membership has been likened to being in the back seat of a crowded taxi going "in the wrong direction".

If the UK remains in the single market but leaves the EU, the experience will be more like being "tied up in the boot", he says. 

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Labour MP Andy Burnham accuses the government of being "deeply irresponsible" by suggesting it wants a so-called "hard Brexit" - leaving the single market as well as the EU.

"There is no suggestion of that whatsoever," the prime minister claims, to sounds of surprise from some MPs. 

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"The government's policy of saying as little as possible is going to become increasingly unsustainable," says Conservative Andrew Tyrie.

The MP, who chairs the Commons Treasury Committee, claims that without more details, financial businesses will "plan for the worst and that will be at considerable cost for the UK".

Theresa May says the government has set out the timetable for invoking Article 50 and stated that "EU law will be brought into UK law so that there isn't a legal vacuum".

However, she argues that setting out "every jot and tittle" of the UK's negotiating position would be "the best way to get the worst deal". 

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SNP MP Tasmina Ahmed-Sheikh asks why, if "quite rightly" Northern Ireland and London can be considered for "a special deal", Scotland will not be.

Theresa May says Northern Ireland has the unique situation of sharing a land border with a nation that will remain part of the EU. 

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Conservative MP Sir Edward Leigh suggests the government should "quite soon publish our objective", which is, he says: "We want to conclude a free trade agreement."

He argues that such an agreement would "do so much for the poorer nations of the world".

Theresa May says simply: "I agree." 

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Liberal Democrat leader Tim Farron says he thinks the government is compromising the UK's security as a result of the "irrational ideology of a few".

He calls on Theresa May to confirm the UK will remain a member of Europol, the EU's agency to promote police co-operation. 

The prime minister says Mr Farron "doesn't need to tell me about the importance of security co-operation".

She insists that the UK will be "co-operating on our shared security interests" with the EU, though Mr Farron does not look reassured. 

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Labour MP Hilary Benn, newly elected to chair the "Brexit committee" of MPs, calls for more detail from the government and not just "high-level principles".

He calls for his committee to be able to scrutinise the Brexit process fully. 

Theresa May has said the UK will be "the most passionate, enthusiastic and convinced" supporter of free trade in the world after it leaves the EU.

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SNP Westminster leader Angus Robertson reminds the House that a majority of voters in Scotland backed remaining in the EU.

He says there have been assurances that Scotland "matters" but asks the PM "which specific issues raised by the Scottish government she shared" at the EU summit.

Following meetings with the leaders of the devolved governments of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland at Downing Street today, Mr Robertson says the leaders have expressed "frustration".

Theresa May says there will be more meetings and "a greater level of communication with those governments" but adds: "The UK will be negotiating with the European Union."