The writ has been moved for the by-election for the seat of Sleaford and North Hykeham, vacated by Conservative MP Stephen Phillips last week, Commons Speaker John Bercow says.

Campaigning for the Richmond Park by-election, Zac Goldsmith said the government should not bother to challenge last week's High Court ruling on triggering Article 50.

He also warned that blocking Brexit could lead to political extremism in the UK.

Mr Goldsmith said: "I would have an early vote in parliament and I suspect an overwhelming majority of people would back Article 50 because not doing so would be incredibly dangerous. 

He continued: "It would be the moment we saw the birth of an extreme political movement in this country the likes of which on the whole we have managed to avoid."

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The Conservative MP and leading Leave campaigner Jacob Rees-Mogg has called on Theresa May to relax the short-term visa system for Indian visitors to the UK. 

Speaking on the Daily Politics, he said it was “quite wrong that we should give preferential terms to China rather than one of our closest allies”. 

He was agreeing with a point made on the programme by Lord Bilimoria, the chairman of Cobra Beer, that the UK has given visa concessions to China that are not currently available to India.

Mr Rees-Mogg continued: "There’s a difference between freedom of movement, which is people coming to work permanently or move permanently, and tourist and business visas."

The editorial board of the business information service Bloomberg has called on Parliament to block Brexit. It adds: "Any MPs who agree that Brexit is a grave mistake - and it is - owe it to their constituents to vote accordingly."

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Arron Banks, co-founder of the Leave.EU campaign, attacks the "rottenness of the Establishment". This follows the High Court's decision last week to give Parliament a vote on triggering Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which gets formal negotiations for leaving the EU under way.

House of Lords
Parliament

At 14:30 GMT peers gather to ask questions to ministers on the following subjects: carers, Japanese knotweed, children in care and the decommission of HMS Ocean.

The main business of the day in the Lords is amendments to the Wales Bill at committee stage.

House of Commons
Parliament

Once statements are concluded, MPs will take part in a debate on exiting the EU and workers’ rights.

Finally, Conservative MP Nicky Morgan will lead an adjournment debate on Midland Mainline electrification.

House of Commons
Parliament

MPs gather from 2:30pm for defence questions, which are followed by two ministerial statements.

The first is by David Davis, the Exiting the EU Secretary, on the government's response to last week's High Court ruling on Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty, which is the process for leaving the EU.

In a defeat for the government, the High Court ruled that Parliament, rather than the executive, must give notice under Article 50, following a legal challenge brought by investment manager Gina Miller. The government will appeal against the decision.

After that, Defence Secretary Michael Fallon is back to make a statement on "a better defence estate", which is expected to include an announcement of base expansions and closures.

Theresa May's visit first trip outside Europe since becoming prime minister has made the front pages of most Indian newspapers.

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Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg said: "I would normally support a Republican candidate. Fortunately I don't have a vote, and therefore my abstention is very easy."

A former Trump supporter, Mr Rees-Mogg said he changed his mind on the Republican candidate after the scandal over a video showing Mr Trump making sexist comments. 

Labour's Liz Kendall was more direct, saying she was "100% voting for Clinton, [I've] got the posters, the t-shirt, everything."

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Appearing on today’s Daily Politics, the Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg was asked about how the government might proceed if it loses its Supreme Court appeal and is forced to seek parliament’s approval for triggering Article 50.

This morning it was reported, external that Theresa May could present parliament with a resolution (in effect a simple parliamentary motion), rather than a full bill.

Mr Rees-Mogg said: “The question is how do you trigger Article 50? And I would be surprised if a simple resolution was sufficient because that could go back to the courts. The courts can’t consider proceedings in parliament and a resolution is not law.”

He added: “The courts can’t demand any particular proceeding in parliament.”

David Davis, the Secretary of State for Exiting the EU, told the BBC last Thursday: “The judges have laid out what we can't do and not exactly what we can do, but we are presuming it requires an act of parliament."

Gavin Hewitt
BBC chief corrrespondent

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This long, bruising campaign is drawing to a close. America is holding its breath as to what follows. The political divide is deep.

A significant part of the country views Donald Trump as a thin-skinned narcissist, with a loose understanding of the truth, ignorant of international affairs and comfortable with causing offence.

Another slice of the country sees Hillary Clinton as untruthful and self-serving, steeped in the corrupt politics of Washington.

Millions of voters, however, see Mr Trump as a messenger of change, a man who will bring back jobs, reduce the numbers of immigrants, slash regulation and restore America's sense of its own greatness.

A similar number will vote for Mrs Clinton, seeing her as highly experienced, safe and a defender of liberal values.  

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Attorney General Jeremy Wright's comments (see earlier) about defending the rule of law following the Brexit ruling have been welcomed by the Law Society, which hosted the event where he was speaking.

Society president Robert Bourns said: "Attacks on the judges simply because they were doing their jobs does our country no credit and government ministers must be unequivocal in their support for the rule of law even if they disagree with the judgment."

"It is part of the role of lawyers to defend unpopular causes and there has been an increasing narrative in recent months that seeks to conflate the jobs solicitors and barristers do with the causes they represent as part of our system of justice. The extension of this to disparaging and criticising judges is dangerous and damaging."

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Lord Bilimoria told The Daily Politics "other countries are laughing at us" for turning away overseas students once their studies are completed. 

The crossbench peer defended the role of immigration in supporting the UK economy, asking Conservative Jacob Rees-Mogg how the UK would retain its economic standing after reducing net migration. 

Mr Rees-Mogg said the issue was "about controlling immigration, not just accepting a free-for-all."