Mr Davis now moves onto the detail of Thursday's ruling that Parliament must give its authorisation before Article 50 is triggered. He says the government disagrees with the ruling and confirms that it will appeal against it at the Supreme Court - using the same fundamental argument that royal prerogative can be used to notify the EU of the UK's decision to leave. 

To loud cheers from MPs, he says the government "believes in the value of the independence of the judiciary" following the attacks on the ruling. He goes on to insist that the government also respects the freedom of the press, making it clear that both an independent judiciary and free press  "underpin our democracy".

He goes on to stress that Article 50 is the "start not the end of the process". 

If Theresa May was seeking to ramp up UK-India trade in smiles, salutes and friendly rhetoric, she'd have a world class deal already.

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Peers are now considering amendments to the Wales Bill.

The bill makes a series of changes to the relationship between Westminster and the Welsh Assembly and government, by:

• Bringing in a reserved powers model for the division of powers between Westminster and Cardiff, like that already used with Scotland.
• Devolving powers over onshore oil and gas exploration, energy projects, ports, speed limits and sewerage, among others.
• Declaring the permanence in law of the Welsh Assembly and government, and that neither will be abolished without a decision to do so by the people of Wales. 

Mr Davis says there was a reason why the government did not trigger Article 50 straight after the vote as it would give more time for the UK to prepare its approach to negotiations. But he says the process cannot "drag on" and that is why Theresa May has says it will be triggered by the end of March 2017. 

David Davis starts by saying the government's approach since June's Leave vote was to "respect the referendum result and ensure it is delivered on" - adding that the result was emphatic and the "point of no return was passed on 23 June". 

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David Davis is now making a statement in the Commons setting out the government's response to Thursday's High Court ruling on Brexit. This will be his third major Commons outing on the EU in recent months. For a Monday afternoon, the benches are pretty full and it could be quite a lively session.

A senior Conservative MP says financial regulators need to take the threat of cyber crime much more seriously following news that 20,000 customers of Tesco Bank have had money stolen from their accounts by online hackers.

Andrew Tyrie, the chair of the Treasury select committee, said he would be writing to the boss of Tesco Bank to find out what had "gone wrong" and suggested that previous attempts to spur City authorities into action to improve the resilience of online banking and IT systems underpinning them had not led anywhere. 

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SNP defence spokesman Brendan O'Hara welcomes the announcement that work on building eight Type 26 frigates at shipyards in Glasgow will start next summer.

Minister Harriett Baldwin says the announcement last week means "two decades' worth" of work for the Clyde shipyards.

However, Mr O'Hara asks how "an order for just eight Type 26s [can] secure two decades of work on the Clyde".

Ms Baldwin says there are "five offshore patrol vessels that are also being built on the Clyde".

She also quotes PG Wodehouse's saying that "it's never difficult to distinguish between a Scotsman with a grievance and a ray of sunshine" - to a noisy reaction from the SNP benches. 

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Labour's Lord West of Spithead asks how the Royal Navy plans to maintain its amphibious helicopter capacity once HMS Ocean is decommissioned in 2018. HMS Ocean is currently the UK's only helicopter carrier.

Defence Minister Earl Howe says that until the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers come into service a combination of existing ships will cover for the capacity lost.

Lord West of Spithead, a former First Sea Lord, says the answer given is "disappointing" and is symptomatic of "yet another cut to our Navy". He asks if HMS Ocean could be placed on "reserve status" until the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers come into service, "so we have the capability if it is needed". The world is at it's most "chaotic" for 50 years, he says.

Earl Howe says HMS Ocean was supposed to last for 20 years, and will have done so by the time it is decomissioned. He adds that he doesn't "share the Noble Lord's perception of the Navy suffering cuts", it's "on the up" he says.

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SNP MP Philippa Whitford says the UK is supplying arms to Saudi Arabia "despite repeated bombings of civilian targets and NGO hospitals in Yemen".

She calls for an end to export licenses for arms to Saudi Arabia.

Defence Minister Harriett Baldwin says the UK has one of the most robust arms export control regimes in the world and ministers take "human rights violations in this conflict extremely seriously".

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Crossbench peer Lord Laming asks what steps the government are taking to ensure that children in local authority care are placed close to their extended family and current school.

Education Minister Lord Nash says "wider family and school networks must be taken into account" when placing a child in care, and in 2015 77% of placements were within 20 miles of a child's home. 

But he says the number one consideration when a child is being put in care is the most appropriate way to safeguard their welfare.

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Conservative MP Bob Stewart asks ministers to confirm that "civilian caualties are at an absolute minimum when our air force strikes" in Iraq and Syria.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon claims that, out of "over 1,000 air strikes", there has been "no evidence yet of civilian casualties" found after investigations.

Shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith says there are signs that Russia is "planning a devastating assault on Aleppo" and asks what progress is being made towards a ceasefire.

Mr Fallon says Russia must "call a halt to the slaughter" and work for a political solution.

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Conservative peer Baroness Sharples asks what the government is doing to control the spread of Japanese knotweed.

Baroness Sharples says she first asked a question on the subject "nearly 30 years ago", to cheers from peers. There's "not been a great deal of progress", she adds.

Minister Lord Gardner of Kimble says the government is piloting a programme that involves releasing insects into areas infested with the plant, and adds that a number of local authorities have their own schemes to eliminate the plant.

Geoffrey Boycott's praise of Theresa May, first reported in The Sun, external, has predictably attracted quite a lot of press comment on Twitter - here's a selection.

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Theresa May is under fire back home for her Brexit strategy but, during her trip to India, she has won the backing of Geoffrey Boycott, who has compared the "brilliant" prime minister to Margaret Thatcher.

The cricketing legend, who is in New Delhi to cover the test series between England and India, happened to be in the same hotel earlier as Mrs May.

Although the two did not cross paths, the cricketer said he was a big fan of the PM - who is a cricket fan - and was confident she would steer the UK through what was a difficult time for the country.

The Yorkshireman, who voted for Brexit, said he believed the UK would prosper outside the EU and reclaim its "independence". 

Theresa May rejects calls to relax Indian visa rules, saying the UK has a "good system".

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Labour peer Baroness Wheeler asks the first question of the day, on a report, external into the problems faced by carers in accessing support services for the people they care for. 

She says there are "major problems" and that often carers have "no option" but to take the person they're caring for to A&E. She says more funding is needed urgently.

Health Minister Lord Prior of Brampton says he acknowledges the "tremendous pressure in the social care system" and says that not enough money has gone into the system over the last 20 years, compared with other health services. 

He says the government's plans hope to bring social care and healthcare closer together.

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The first question for defence ministers comes from Conservative MP Mark Pawsey.

He asks what is being done to ensure small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are included in the supply chain for defence procurement programmes.