Brexit bill published - debate next week
It gives details on negotiation hopes
Theresa May heading to the US
Brexit questions
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Conservative Michael Gove notes that Article 50 requires the EU to take account of its future relationship with the UK.
He asks if the UK should "show our generosity" to EU countries by continuing to offer them access to UK markets on a free trade basis.
David Davis agrees and confirm that this is the government's intention.
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Prominent Leave campaigner and former Conservative leader Iain Duncan Smith urged ministers to address the issue of immigration controls as soon as possible.
He says one of the big issues of concern is about access to global talent, and the City and others need assurances "that the high added value, low volume numbers that come in are very, very welcome - it's the low skilled that are using British benefits that are not welcome".
Cabinet Office Minister Chris Skidmore agreed, adding that attracting global talent was especially important for key industries such as the financial services sector and Fintech.
Brexit questions
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Brexit shadow minister Jenny Chapman asks if the white paper will be "a cut and paste" of the Prime Minister's speech.
Or, she asks, will it contain analysis of the financial impact of different options.
Mr Davis replies that the prime minister's speech answered all the questions of the opposition on Brexit "other than those that would undermine our negotiating position".
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The government believes a future trade deal between the UK and EU is "eminently achievable", Brexit Secretary David Davis has said.
He made the comments ahead of the publication of the Article 50 bill, which will pave the way for the government to start the Brexit process.
Speaking in the Commons, Mr Davis - whose says his voice has suffered from wear and tear - insisted there were "quite enough" negotiators in Whitehall to work on the deal.
And in answer to former Conservative minister Anna Soubry, who asked about the publication date for the promised white paper outlining the government's Article 50 objectives, he said this would be produced as "expeditiously" as possible.
But Labour shadow Brexit secretary Jenny Chapman said she did not think this would happen quickly enough, to which Mr Davis replied: "What do you do when the Opposition won't take 'yes' for an answer... I said I will produce it as expeditiously as possible, what can you do faster than that?"
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Brexit minister David Jones says there are "huge opportunities" for the food and drink sector when the UK leaves the EU with DEFRA (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs) planning to boost exports by £3 billion over five years.
Mr Jones made the comments during Commons questions on Exiting the European Union.
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House of Commons:
0930 Exiting the European Union questions
1030 Urgent question on the humanitarian situation in Yemen
1115 Business statement
1230 Presentation of European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill
1235 Backbench business debates on (i) the statutory pubs code and the pubs code adjudicator (ii) access to Kadcyla and other breast cancer drugs
A short debate on the 50th anniversary of the establishment of conservation areas
Laura Kuenssberg
BBC political editor
Theresa May is walking into a meeting with the most unorthodox president in decades, a man who today she will flatter, calling for the US and UK to "lead together again" as he starts to "renew his nation".
A man who has found huge popularity among millions of voters precisely because he doesn't care for politician norms.
But also a man with whom Theresa May disagrees overtly on a very long list of issues, whose views millions of other voters are deeply worried about, who has just suggested he might support torture as president.
The prime minister believes that she can draw on the relationship and traditions between our two countries to talk frankly to President Trump, to disagree as well as discuss.
Her aides say "she's not scared of anyone" and that the potential advantages of getting closer to the United States are well worth the risks of accusations of cosying up to a president who is not afraid of offending anyone - who has even made it a trademark.
They say the tone will be "business like". We are not going to see the president and the prime minister high fiving at the basketball.
We're not going to see Philip May and Melania Trump popping off to hug American schoolchildren.
But as prime ministers know, visits like this are never entirely in their control. The unpredictability of Donald Trump means means this time the special relationship could be a special headache.
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Victoria Derbyshire
Theresa May is going an awful lot further in her remarks about the special relationship between Britain and America than previous prime ministers, BBC assistant political editor Norman Smith has said.
He claims Mrs May is harking back to an era when Britain and America were the two superpowers that shaped the world - and can lead it again.
Norman says the UK PM seems to be putting Brexit on the same page as Donald Trump's election victory - saying both mark a moment of change, renewal and when both countries rediscover their sense of self confidence.
She wants to put Britain as close to Donald Trump because we're leaving the EU, we need special relationships and we need a UK-US trade deal, Norman says.
But Mr Trump's comments on torture are already eliciting a backlash from some Conservative MPs who urge Mrs May to tell the US president that in no circumstances will she allow Britain to be dragged into facilitating torture.
The Guardian
According to The Guardian, external, Theresa May will shrug off concerns about Donald Trump’s presidency and pledge to rekindle the special relationship as she begins a two-day charm offensive that will see her become the first world leader to meet the new US president, external.
MPs, including some in May’s own party, have expressed anxiety about Trump’s stance on a range of issues, including protectionism and torture, external, the newspaper says. Global trade experts have warned that Britain may gain little from a bilateral trade deal with Washington, external.
But, the paper says, the prime minister will deliver a warm message about the two countries working closely together when she addresses senior Republicans at the party’s annual retreat in Philadelphia on Thursday, before she meets Trump in the White House for face-to-face talks on Friday.
When British Prime Minister Theresa May on Friday becomes the first world leader to meet with President Trump in the Oval Office, the two will have much in common to discuss, The Washington Post, external reports.
Both were catapulted to power on the back of populist shocks in 2016. Both have promised to deliver radical change to their countries. And both now lead nations at the heart of a Western alliance facing its most serious identity crisis in decades, the newspaper says.
Yet beneath the similarities lie profound differences in style and substance that make the two leaders less the second coming of the Thatcher-Reagan transatlantic lovefest and more a geopolitical odd couple.
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The Times
According to The Times, external, Britain and America will have the opportunity to “lead together again” with renewed confidence after the surprise results of the US election and Brexit vote, Theresa May will say today.
Striking an optimistic tone before becoming the first world leader to meet the new US president, Mrs May will say that Britain is ready to “build relationships with old friends”, the newspaper reports.
She will hail Donald Trump’s election as a moment of “renewal” in which the American people rediscovered their confidence.
BBC News Channel
The publishing of the Article 50 bill within the next couple of hours will spearhead "proper debate" on the Brexit process, BBC political correspondent Chris Mason has said.
The proposed legislation was sparked by a ruling by the Supreme Court earlier this week that stated that the government could not proceed without a vote in Parliament.
The expectation is the bill could pass through the House of Commons in a fortnight.
Chris said:
Quote MessageToday we get the outline of that new law, what's known as a bill - the government will publish that in the next couple of hours. From then the debate can truly begin. We're actually getting proper debate in the Commons and the Lords on all of this starting next week."
BBC News Channel
Prime Minister Theresa May's meeting with US President Donald Trump is a chance for the two leaders "to get to know each other", BBC political correspondent Chris Mason has said.
The rendezvous, set for Friday, will also allow the pair to "overcome some differences", he said, "not least Mrs May's criticism" of the president before his election.
A "potentially tricky spot" will be Mr Trump's suggestion that he may introduce waterboarding and torture of terrorists. The British government has said in the past it doesn't cooperate with foreign governments that do that, Chris said.
The two premiers will also use the meeting to exchange gifts, with Mrs May taking a hamper from her Chequers country retreat, which includes a Bakewell tart and a quaich - a Scottish toasting cup - in a nod to Mr Trump's mother hailing from the Isle of Lewis.
Tea-maker Andrew Gadsden explains how his business made a five-figure 'bonanza' from the Brexit vote.
Legislation paving the way for the government to start the Brexit process is to be published later.
A bill enabling the government to trigger Article 50 - the formal process for leaving the EU - is to be produced after the Supreme Court ruled legislation would be necessary.
Brexit Secretary David Davis has said the bill will be "straightforward".
But it is expected to face amendments from MPs and peers, while others have said they will oppose it outright.
The government was forced to draw up the legislation after losing an appeal at the Supreme Court on Tuesday, when judges ruled that Parliament must give permission to start the Brexit process.
The man arrested over "threats" made against Gina Miller - the woman behind the Brexit legal challenge - is released on bail.
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